Epidemiologic aspects of human cryptosporidiosis and the role of waterborne transmission.

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Published in Epidemiol Rev on January 01, 1996

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P L Meinhardt1, D P Casemore, K B Miller

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1: Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, State University of New York, Syracuse, USA.

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