Zoonotic cryptosporidiosis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 309-323

  Xiao, Lihua ^a   Feng, Yaoyu ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; Diagnosis; Genotyping; Molecular epidemiology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 41049112643     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2008.00377.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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