Investigation of potential zooanthroponotic transmission of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis through agricultural use of reclaimed wastewaterFootnote∗

∗Note: Nucleotide sequence data reported in this paper are available in the GenBank under the Accession numbers DQ114992 to DQ115005 and DQ116604 to DQ116625.

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