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Cryptosporidium: from laboratory diagnosis to surveillance and outbreaks.
Parasite (Paris, France) - 1 Sept 2008
Chalmers R M
Abstract excerpt
The burden of disease caused by the protozoan parasite Cyptosporidium is unknown. However, routine laboratory diagnosis and surveillance enables the basic epidemiology to be described, changes to be monitored and under-ascertainment to be measured. Although the two main species involved in human disease in developed countries, Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis, have differing epidemiologies and...
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