Characterisation of a Cryptosporidium isolate from water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) by sequencing of a fragment of the Cryptosporidium oocyst wall protein gene (COWP)

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 139-144

  Gomez Couso H ^a,b   Amar, C F L ^b   McLauchlin, J ^b   Ares Mazas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bubalus bubalis; COWP gene; Cryptosporidium; DNA sequence analysis; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; BUBALUS BUBALIS; BUFFALO; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUFFALOES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOVINAE; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 20444410405     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.022     Document Type: Article

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