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Identification and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in children and cattle populations from the province of Álava, North of Spain.
The Science of the total environment - 15 Dec 2011
Cardona Guillermo A, Carabin Hélène, Goñi Pilar, Arriola Larraitz, Robinson Guy, Fernández-Crespo Juan C, Clavel Antonio, Chalmers Rachel M, Carmena David
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence of and factors associated with the protozoan enteropathogens Cryptosporidium and Giardia have been investigated in selected children and cattle populations from the province of Álava (Northern Spain). The presence of these organisms was detected in fecal samples using commercially available coproantigen-ELISA (CpAg-ELISA) and immunochromatographic (ICT) assays. A total of 327 caregivers of children...
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