Unravelling Cryptosporidium and Giardia epidemiology

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 430-437

  Cacciò, Simone M ^a   Thompson, R C Andrew ^b   McLauchlin, Jim ^c   Smith, Huw V ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 23644453764     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2005.06.013     Document Type: Review

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