Quantitative Shedding of Two Genotypes of Cryptosporidium parvum in California Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2840-2843

  Atwill, Edward R ^a,e   Maldonado Camargo, Sergio ^a   Phillips, Ralph ^b   Herrera Alonso, Laura ^a   Tate, Kenneth W ^c   Jensen, Wayne A ^a   Bennet, Joe ^b   Little, Scott ^b   Salmon, Terrell P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

^c Department of Wildlife   (United States)

^d Wildlife Services Agency   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCIURIDAE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENT; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SCIURIDAE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035378353     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.6.2840-2843.2001     Document Type: Article

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