Infectivity of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum genotype 2 isolates in immunosuppressed mongolian gerbils

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 5252-5255

  Baishanbo, Asiya ^a   Gargala, Gilles ^a   Delaunay, Agnès ^b   François, Arnaud ^a   Ballet, Jean Jacques ^b   Favennec, Loïc ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

^b CHU Clemenceau   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENOTYPE; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENOTYPE; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION;

EID: 23344437915     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.5252-5255.2005     Document Type: Article

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