Prevalence of Cryptosporidium sp. in institutionalized dogs in the city of São Paulo, Brazil;Prevalência de Cryptosporidium sp. em cães de instituições da cidade de São Paulo

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 120-125

  Lallo, Maria Anete ^a,b   Bondan, Eduardo Fernandes ^a  

^a PAULISTA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium, isolation purification; Dogs; Feces, parasitology; Polymerase chain reaction; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, ANIMAL; MALE; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33646106782     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-89102006000100019     Document Type: Article

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