Foodborne cryptosporidiosis: Is there really more in Nordic countries?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-9

  Robertson, Lucy J ^a   Chalmers, Rachel M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CUNICULUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM UBIQUITUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FOOD BORNE CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE SURVIVAL; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84871674208     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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