Giardia and Cryptosporidium join the 'Neglected Diseases Initiative'

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 203-208

  Savioli, L ^a,b   Smith, H ^b   Thompson, A ^b  

^a WHO   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; VIRUS INFECTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FAILURE TO THRIVE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33646484063     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2006.02.015     Document Type: Article

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