Intervening transcribed spacer region 1 variability in Cyclospora cayetanensis

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2339-2343

  Adam, Rodney D ^a   Ortega, Ynes R ^b,d   Gilman, Robert H ^c   Sterling, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTICLE; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GUATEMALA; NONHUMAN; PERU; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; PROTOZOA; RUBUS GLAUCUS;

EID: 0034122283     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/.38.6.2339-2343.2000     Document Type: Article

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