The Cryptosporidium 'mouse' genotype is conserved across geographic areas

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1302-1305

  Morgan, Una M ^a   Sturdee, Anthony P ^b   Singleton, Grant ^c   Gomez, M Soledad ^d   Gracenea, Mercedes ^d   Torres, Jordi ^d   Hamilton, Steven G ^e   Woodside, D P ^e   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Taronga Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS MUSCULUS DOMESTICUS; MYOTUS; MYOTUS ADVERSUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032923027     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1302-1305.1999     Document Type: Article

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