Artemia is capable of spreading oocysts of Cryptosporidium and the cysts of Giardia

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 432-434

  Méndez Hermida, Fernando ^a   Gómez Couso, Hipólito ^a   Ares Mazás, Elvira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic environments; Dissemination; Enteroparasites; Infective stages; Microcrustacean; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CRUSTACEAN; CYST; EGG; FLAGELLATE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE;

ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FISH DISEASE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARTEMIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FISH DISEASES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYSTS; PARASITE EGG COUNT;

ARTEMIA; ARTEMIA FRANCISCANA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33751355268     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00126.x     Document Type: Article

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