Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections in sheep and goats: A review of the potential for transmission to humans via environmental contamination

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 913-921

  Robertson, Lucy J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Goats; Sheep; Waterborne transmission

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIASIS; GOAT DISEASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SHEEP DISEASE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GOAT; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; GIARDIASIS; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; HUMANS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 67650457762     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809002295     Document Type: Review

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