Risk of Handling as a Route of Exposure to Infectious Waterborne Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts via Atlantic Blue Crabs (Callinectes sapidus)

Commercial Atlantic blue crabs (Callinectes sapidus) were exposed to 2.0 × 10(4) infectious waterborne oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum. The study demonstrated that blue crabs can transfer C. parvum oocysts to persons involved in handling or preparing crabs and that they may contaminate other surfa...

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Main Authors: Graczyk, Thaddeus K., McOliver, Cynthia, Silbergeld, Ellen K., Tamang, Leena, Roberts, Jennifer D.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2007
Subjects:
Public Health Microbiology
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1932731/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17449680
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00166-07
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