Identification of genotypically mixed Cryptosporidium parvum populations in humans and calves

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-22

  Tanriverdi, Sultan ^a,c   Arslan, M Özkan ^b   Akiyoshi, Donna E ^c   Tzipori, Saul ^c   Widmer, Giovanni ^c  

^a MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KAFKAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Mixed infection; Subpopulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA ISOLATION; FRACTIONATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OVIS;

EID: 0141783687     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(03)00138-5     Document Type: Article

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