Surface Waters and Urban Brown Rats as Potential Sources of Human-Infective <i>Cryptosporidium</i> and <i>Giardia</i> in Vienna, Austria

Surface Waters and Urban Brown Rats as Potential Sources of Human-Infective <i>Cryptosporidium</i> and <i>Giardia</i> in Vienna, Austria

<i>Cryptosporidium</i> and <i>Giardia</i> are waterborne protozoa that cause intestinal infections in a wide range of warm-blooded animals. Human infections vary from asymptomatic to life-threatening in immunocompromised people, and can cause growth retardation in children. T...

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Main Authors: Silvia Cervero-Aragó, Amélie Desvars-Larrive, Gerhard Lindner, Regina Sommer, Iveta Häfeli, Julia Walochnik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2021-07-01
Series:Microorganisms
Subjects:
<i>Giardia</i>
<i>Cryptosporidium</i>
<i>Eimeria</i>
brown rats
<i>Rattus norvegicus</i>
One Health
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2607/9/8/1596

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