Molecular characterization of isolates of waterborne Cryptosporidium spp. Collected during an outbreak of gastroenteritis in South Burgundy, France

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2690-2693

  Dalle, Frédéric ^a   Roz, Pascale ^a   Dautin, Guillaume ^a   Di Palma, Marc ^b   Kohli, Evelyne ^a   Sire Bidault, C ^c   Fleischmann, Marie George ^d   Gallay, Anne ^e   Carbonel, Sylvia ^b   Bon, Fabienne ^a   Tillier, Claude ^d   Beaudeau, Pascal ^e   Bonnin, Alain ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b DRASS de Bourgogne   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Chalon sur Saone   (France)

^d Serv Protect Sanitaire l'Environ   (France)

^e INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^f HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FRANCE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037842776     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.6.2690-2693.2003     Document Type: Article

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