Molecular identification of food-borne and water-borne protozoa

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2001, Pages 156-158

  Cacciò, Simone ^a   Pozio, Edoardo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER;

EID: 0041329986     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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