Close genotypic relationship between Enterocytozoon bieneusi from humans and pigs and first detection in cattle

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 185-188

  Rinder, Heinz ^a   Thomschke, Angelika ^a   Dengjel, Bianca ^b   Gothe, Rainer ^b   Löscher, Thomas ^a   Zahler, Monika ^b  

^a Dept of Infect Dis and Trop Med ^*  (Germany)

^b Institute for Comparative Tropical Medicine and Parasitology   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

BOS TAURUS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; FELIS CATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034003463     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0185:cgrbeb]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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