Molecular Surveillance of Cryptosporidium spp. in Raw Wastewater in Milwaukee: Implications for Understanding Outbreak Occurrence and Transmission Dynamics

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 5254-5257

  Zhou, Ling ^a   Singh, Ajaib ^b   Jiang, Jianlin ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^a,c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b City of Milwaukee Health Department   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ALLELE IB; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER; WISCONSIN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0242677582     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.11.5254-5257.2003     Document Type: Article

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