Cryptosporidium sp. and Giardia sp. infections in mountain gorillas (Gorilla gorilla beringei) of the bwindi impenetrable National Park, Uganda

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1084-1088

  Nizeyi, John Bosco ^a,b   Mwebe, Robert ^a,b   Nanteza, Ann ^a   Cranfield, Michael R ^a,b,c,d   Kalema, Gladys R N N ^a,e   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,c,f  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Morris Anim Found's Mt Gorilla V   (United States)

^c Medical Department   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GORILLA; HABITUATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033404357     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285672     Document Type: Article

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