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SUBMITTER: Daniels ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4559703 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Daniels Miles E ME Shrivastava Arpit A Smith Woutrina A WA Sahu Priyadarshi P Odagiri Mitsunori M Misra Pravas R PR Panigrahi Pinaki P Suar Mrutyunjay M Clasen Thomas T Jenkins Marion W MW
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20150629 3
Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia are zoonotic enteric protozoa of significant health concern where sanitation, hygiene, and water supplies are inadequate. We examined 85 stool samples from diarrhea patients, 111 pooled fecal samples by species across seven domestic animal types, and water from tube wells (N = 207) and ponds (N = 94) across 60 villages in coastal Odisha, India, for Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts to measure occurrence, concentration/shedding, and environmental ...[more]