Cryptosporidium hominis n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from Homo sapiens

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 433-440

  Morgan Ryan, Una M ^a   Fall, Abbie ^a   Ward, Lucy A ^b   Hijjawi, Nawal ^a   Sulaiman, Irshad ^c   Fayer, Ronald ^d   Andrew Thompson, R C ^a   Olson, M ^e   Lal, Altaf ^c   Xiao, Lihua ^c  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

"Cattle" genotype; "Human" genotype; Cryptosporidium hominis n. sp.; Cryptosporidium parvum; Molecular analysis; New species; Pathogenicity; Taxonomy transmission studies

Indexed keywords

FECES; PATHOGENICITY;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOGS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERM-FREE LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; OOCYSTS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE;

APICOMPLEXA; BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HOMO SAPIENS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036865808     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2002.tb00224.x     Document Type: Article

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