Occurrence of Cryptosporidium hominis in pigeons (Columba livia)

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-5

  Abreu Acosta, Néstor ^a   Foronda Rodríguez, Pilar ^a   López, Mercedes ^a   Valladares, Basilio ^a  

^a Instituto Universitario de Enfermedades Tropicales y Salud Publica de Canarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Cryptosporidium hominis; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRANTA; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70349857628     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-009-0008-4     Document Type: Article

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