Intra-isolate variation of Cryptosporidium parvum small subunit ribosomal RNA genes from human hosts in England

Parasitology Research

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 439-444

  Gibbons Matthews, Cindy ^a   Prescott, Annette M ^a  

^a Thames Water Utilities   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; HOST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONE CELLS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042833282     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0876-8     Document Type: Article

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