Cryptosporidiosis: Epidemiology and impact

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1059-1066

  Dillingham, Rebecca A ^a   Lima, Aldo A ^b   Guerrant, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diarrhea; Malnutrition; Parasite; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; IODINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAY CARE; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFE CYCLE; MALNUTRITION; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE VECTORS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; NUTRITION DISORDERS; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036674124     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(02)01630-1     Document Type: Review

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