Survey on equine cryptosporidiosis in Poland and the possibility of zoonotic transmission

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-165

  Majewska, Anna C ^a   Werner, Anna ^a   Sulima, Paweł ^a   Luty, Tomasz ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b Veterinary Clinic   (Poland)

Author keywords

C. parvum; Cryptosporidium; Epidemiology; Horses; Immunodiagnosis; Man; Poland; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLAND; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0033451933     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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