Population genetics of Cryptosporidium parvum

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 3-6

  Widmer, Giovanni ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAXONOMY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0347990478     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2003.10.010     Document Type: Short Survey

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