Presence of double-stranded RNAs in human and calf isolates of Cryptosporidium parvum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-282

  Khramtsov, Nikolai V ^a   Chung, Peter A ^a   Dykstra, Christine C ^a,b   Griffith, Jeffrey K ^a,c   Morgan, Una M ^a,d   Arrowood, Michael J ^a,e   Upton, Steve J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034033206     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2000)086[0275:podsri]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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