Overview of cryptosporidium presentations at the 10th international workshops on opportunistic protists

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 429-436

  Xiao, Lihua ^a,b  

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

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTISTA;

EID: 64749114316     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00295-08     Document Type: Review

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