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Mysterious girls: The biology of female Cryptosporidium parasites
- 1Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom
- 2Department of Biological Sciences, Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center (EPIC), Clemson University, Clemson, SC, United States of America
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BibTeX
@article{stevens2026mysterious,
title = {{Mysterious girls: The biology of female Cryptosporidium parasites}},
author = {Sarah Stevens and Peyton Goddard and Katelyn A. Walzer and Mattie Christine Pawlowic},
journal = {PLOS Pathogens},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1371/journal.ppat.1014678},
url = {https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1014678},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Mysterious girls: The biology of female Cryptosporidium parasites
AU - Sarah Stevens
AU - Peyton Goddard
AU - Katelyn A. Walzer
AU - Mattie Christine Pawlowic
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
JO - PLOS Pathogens
DO - 10.1371/journal.ppat.1014678
UR - https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1014678
SN - 1553-7374
SN - 1553-7366
ER -