Genetic Polymorphism among Cryptosporidium parvum Isolates: Evidence of Two Distinct Human Transmission Cycles

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 567-573

  Peng, Michael M ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b   Freeman, Amanda R ^b   Arrowood, Michael J ^b   Escalante, Ananias A ^b   Weltman, André C ^c   Ong, Corinne S L ^d   Mac Kenzie, William R ^b   Lal, Altaf A ^b   Beard, Charles B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031254810     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0304.970423     Document Type: Article

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