Methods for genotyping and subgenotyping cryptosporidium spp. oocysts isolated during water and food monitoring

Giardia and Cryptosporidium: From Molecules to Diseases

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 210-226

  Smith, Huw V ^a   Nichols, Rosely A B ^a   Connelly, Lisa ^a   Sullivan, Christopher B ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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