Modification of a Rapid Method for the Identification of Gene-Specific Polymorphisms in Cryptosporidium parvum and Its Application to Clinical and Epidemiological Investigations

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5581-5584

  Elwin, K ^a   Chalmers, R M ^a   Roberts, R ^b   Guy, E C ^a   Casemore, D P ^c  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b North Wales Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; THROMBOSPONDIN RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN; THROMBOSPONDIN-RELATED ADHESIVE PROTEIN, PROTOZOAN;

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANIMAL; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SHEEP; WALES;

EID: 0035653504     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.12.5581-5584.2001     Document Type: Article

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