Molecular Epidemiology of Human Cryptosporidiosis

Cryptosporidium: From Molecules to Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 121-146

  Xiao, Lihua ^a   Bern, Caryn ^a   Sulaiman, Irshad M ^a   Lal, Altaf A ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044451351-9/50018-5     Document Type: Chapter

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