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Epidemiology and molecular relationships of Cryptosporidium spp. in people, primates, and livestock from Western Uganda.
PLoS neglected tropical diseases - 1 Jan 2012
Salyer Stephanie J, Gillespie Thomas R, Rwego Innocent B, Chapman Colin A, Goldberg Tony L
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BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidium is one of the most common parasitic diarrheal agents in the world and is a known zoonosis. We studied Cryptosporidium in people, livestock, and non-human primates in the region of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Land use change near the park has resulted in fragmented forest patches containing small, remnant populations of wild primates that interact intensively with local people and...
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