Variation in Cryptosporidium: Towards a taxonomic revision of the genus

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1733-1751

  Morgan, Una M ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b   Fayer, Ronald ^c   Lal, Altaf A ^b   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a WHO COLLABORATING CENTRE FOR REFERENCE AND RESEARCH ON INFLUENZA   (Australia)

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

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Genotypes; Species; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

BIRD; BOVIDS; CAT; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; FERRET; GENOTYPE; GUINEA PIG; HOST; HUMAN; INTESTINE INFECTION; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION GENETICS; REPTILE; REVIEW; RODENT; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032720545     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00109-5     Document Type: Review

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