Genotypes of Cryptosporidium species infecting fur-bearing mammals differ from those of species infecting humans

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7574-7577

  Zhou, Ling ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^b   Trout, James M ^b   Ryan, Una M ^c   Schaefer III, Frank W ^d   Xiao, Lihua ^a,e  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENES; HEALTH CARE; WATERSHEDS; WETLANDS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPECIES; FOXES; GENOTYPES; MAMMALS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CARNIVORA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; FOX; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHYLOGENY; RACCOON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATERSHED; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARNIVORA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOGS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIDAE; CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CARNIVORA; CASTORIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA; ONDATRA; ONDATRA ZIBETHICUS; PROCYON; PROCYON LOTOR; PROTOZOA;

EID: 10444267393     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7574-7577.2004     Document Type: Article

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