Genetic diversity within Cryptosporidium parvum and related Cryptosporidium species

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3386-3391

  Xiao, Lihua ^a   Morgan, Una M ^b   Limor, Josef ^a   Escalante, Ananias ^c   Arrowood, Michael ^a   Shulaw, William ^d   Thompson, R C A ^b   Fayer, Ronald ^e   Lal, Altaf A ^a  

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

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; TAXONOMY; ZOONOSIS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM WRAIRI;

EID: 0032766816     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3386-3391.1999     Document Type: Article

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