Morphological and genetic characterisation of Cryptosporidium oocysts from domestic cats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-227

  Sargent, Keith D ^a   Morgan, Una M ^a   Elliot, Aileen ^a   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cat; Cryptosporidium sp; Diagnosis protozoa; Morphology; PCR

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FECES; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032580920     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(98)00122-8     Document Type: Article

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