Host adaptation and host-parasite co-evolution in Cryptosporidium: Implications for taxonomy and public health

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 1773-1785

  Xiao, Lihua ^a   Sulaiman, Irshad M ^a   Ryan, Una M ^b   Zhou, Ling ^a   Atwill, Edward R ^c   Tischler, Monica L ^d   Zhang, Xichen ^e   Fayer, Ronald ^f   Lal, Altaf A ^a  

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

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Evolution; Host adaptation; Phylogenetics; Public health; Systematics; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; PROTOZOAL RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; COEVOLUTION; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; TAXONOMY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COEVOLUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RODENT; SPECIES; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA GENE;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EVOLUTION; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0037137539     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(02)00197-2     Document Type: Article

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