A review of the biology and epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in humans and animals

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 773-785

  Ramirez, Norma E ^a   Ward, Lucy A ^b   Sreevatsan, Srinand ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Companion animals; Cryptosporidium spp.; Livestock; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; DINITROANILINE ORYZALIN; LASALOCID; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NITAZOXANIDE; PAROMOMYCIN; POLYETHER ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RHODAMINE; SPOROZOITE MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ANOREXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOTHERAPY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIVESTOCK; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PARASITE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STRESS; VACCINATION; VIRUS STRAIN; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 2942693722     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2004.02.021     Document Type: Short Survey

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