Molecular Characterization of a Cryptosporidium Isolate from a Banded Mongoose Mungos mungo

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 167-171

  Abe, Niichiro ^a   Takami, Kazutoshi ^b   Kimata, Isao ^c   Iseki, Motohiro ^d  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Osaka Municipal Tennoji Zoo   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

PARASITE;

ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; HERPESTIDAE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CARNIVORA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; HERPESTIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1442299355     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3231RN     Document Type: Article

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