Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates obtained from human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals living in Switzerland, Kenya, and the United States

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1180-1183

  Morgan, Una ^a   Weber, Rainer ^b   Xiao, Lihua ^d   Sulaiman, Irshad ^d   Thompson, R C Andrew ^a   Ndiritu, Wangeci ^e   Lal, Altaf ^d   Moore, Anne ^d   Deplazes, Peter ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FELIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0034048780     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.3.1180-1183.2000     Document Type: Article

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