Between-year variation and spatial dynamics of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. infections in naturally infected rodent populations

Parasitology

Volumn 135, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1629-1649

  Bajer, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Apodemus flavicollis; Bank vole; Co infections; Co occurrence; Common vole; Cryptosporidium; Ecology; Giardia; Microtus arvalis; Myodes glareolus; Reservoir; Yellow necked mouse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HOST; INTESTINE INFECTION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; VOLE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; INTESTINES; MALE; MICE; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RODENTIA; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MUS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

EID: 55949123134     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008004952     Document Type: Article

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