Giardia and Cryptosporidium and public health: The epidemiological scenario from the Italian perspective

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1169-1182

  Giangaspero, Annunziata ^a   Berrilli, Federica ^b   Brandonisio, Olga ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; ITALY; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34548567426     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0598-4     Document Type: Review

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