Infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts after storage of experimentally contaminated apples

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1824-1829

  MacArisin, Dumitru ^a   Santín, Mónica ^a   Bauchan, Gary ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MUS;

EID: 78649352003     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-73.10.1824     Document Type: Article

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