Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium from various hosts

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-37

  Morgan, U M ^a   Sargent, K D ^a   Deplazes, P ^b   Forbes, D A ^c   Spano, F ^d   Hertzberg, H ^b   Elliot, A ^a   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Characterization; Cryptosporidium; Genotypes

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GOAT; HOST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERU; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SNAKE; SWINE;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HUMANS; MARSUPIALIA; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SNAKES; SWINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; LAMA PACOS; OVIS ARIES; SERPENTES; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0031878812     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098002765     Document Type: Article

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