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Seasonal shedding of multiple Cryptosporidium genotypes in California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi).
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2004
Atwill Edward R, Phillips Ralph, Pereira Maria Das Graças C, Li Xunde, McCowan Brenda
Abstract excerpt
Twelve percent of 853 California ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi) from six different geographic locations in Kern County, Calif., were found to be shedding on average 44,482 oocysts g of feces(-1). The mean annual environmental loading rate of Cryptosporidium oocysts was 57,882 oocysts sq...
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