Identification of genetic heterogeneity in the Cryptosporidium parvum ribosomal repeat

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 712-716

  Carraway, Margaretha ^a   Tzipori, Saul ^a,b   Widmer, Giovanni ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0030026576     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.2.712-716.1996     Document Type: Article

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