Possible transmission of Cryptosporidium canis among children and a dog in a household

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2014-2016

  Xiao, Lihua ^a,e   Cama, Vitaliano A ^a   Cabrera, Lilia ^b   Ortega, Ynes ^c   Pearson, Julie ^a   Gilman, Robert H ^d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; DIARRHEA; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS;

EID: 34250633997     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00503-07     Document Type: Article

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