Taxonomy and molecular taxonomy

Cryptosporidium: Parasite and Disease

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 3-41

  Ryan, Una ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

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