Waterborne transmission of Giardia and Cryptosporidium

Parassitologia

Volumn 48, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 91-94

  Brandonisio, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Waterborne diseases

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EUROPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WILD ANIMAL; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; EUROPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33748615992     PISSN: 00482951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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