Multilocus genotypic analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum isolates from different hosts and geographical origins

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 3255-3259

  Spano, Furio ^a   Putignani, Lorenza ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a,c   Sallicandro, Pina ^b   Morgan, Una M ^d   Le Blancq, Sylvie M ^e   Tchack, Laurie ^f   Tzipori, Saul ^f   Widmer, Giovanni ^f  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EUROPE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HOST; KARYOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031686925     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.11.3255-3259.1998     Document Type: Article

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