Differentiation of Cryptosporidium parvum isolates by a simplified randomly amplified polymorphic DNA technique

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1954-1957

  Deng, Ming Qi ^a   Cliver, Dean O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOME; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0041495701     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1954-1957.1998     Document Type: Article

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