Cryptosporidium parvum infections in Bergen, Norway, during an extensive outbreak of waterborne giardiasis in autumn and winter 2004

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 2218-2220

  Robertson, L J ^a   Forberg, T ^a   Hermansen, L ^a   Gjerde, B K ^a   Alvsvag J O ^b   Langeland, N ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE SEQUENCING; WATERBORNE GIARDIASIS;

DISEASES;

BACTERIAL DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SEASONS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33645035394     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2218-2220.2006     Document Type: Article

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