Environmental risk factors for Cryptosporidium infection in an island from Western Venezuela

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-49

  Chacín Bonilla, Leonor ^a   Barrios, Fernando ^a   Sanchez, Yulaicy ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; Epidemiology; Transmission risk factors; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 41149110131     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762008005000007     Document Type: Article

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