Genotyping of Cryptosporidium spp. isolated from human stool samples in Switzerland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 663-667

  Fretz, R ^a,c   Svoboda, P ^a   Ryan, U M ^b   Thompson, R C A ^b   Tanner, M ^c   Baumgartner, A ^d  

^a Cantonal Laboratory Basel Landschaft   (Switzerland)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD INTAKE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAINING; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MILK; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSES;

EID: 0042856349     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268803008781     Document Type: Article

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