Cryptosporidium felis infection, Spain [11]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1471-1472

  Llorente, María Teresa ^a   Clavel, Antonio ^a   Varea, Marzo ^a   Goñi, María Pilar ^a   Sahagún, Juan ^a   Olivera, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN;

EID: 33748992892     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1209.060385     Document Type: Letter

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