Characterization of Cryptosporidium parvum in human and animal feces by single-tube nested polymerase chain reaction and restriction analysis

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 707-712

  Homan, Wieger ^a   Van Gorkom, Tamara ^a   Kan, Yuen Yin ^a   Hepener, Jolanda ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA PURIFICATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GOATS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP;

EID: 0032974069     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050619     Document Type: Article

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