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Cryptosporidium and cryptosporidiosis in Denmark--current status.
Parassitologia - 1 Jun 2005
Enemark H L, Langkjaer R B, Vigre H, Maddox-Hyttel C, Andersen J S, Petersen R F
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The genus Cryptosporidium comprises a group of protozoan parasites that infect a broad variety of vertebrates causing severe diarrhoeal illness in immunocompromised as well as immunocompetent hosts. Although molecular heterogeneity of the genus is being increasingly recognised, traditional diagnostic methods do not discriminate all species/subtypes, and population genetic studies of these parasites, using...
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