Phylogenetic relationships among isolates of Cryptosporidium: Evidence for several new species

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1126-1133

  Morgan, Una M ^a   Monis, Paul T ^a,b   Fayer, Ronald ^a,c   Deplazes, Peter ^a,d   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TAXONOMY;

BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FELIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PROTOZOA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033404077     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285678     Document Type: Article

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