Genetic Diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. in Captive Reptiles

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 891-899

  Xiao, Lihua ^a   Ryan, Una M ^b   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^c   Limor, Josef ^a   Li, Lixia ^a   Kombert, Mark ^d   Junge, Randy ^d   Sulaiman, Irshad M ^a   Zhou, Ling ^a   Arrowood, Michael J ^a   Koudela, Břetislav ^e   Modrý, David ^e   Lal, Altaf A ^a  

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

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS ZOO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

POLYMORPHISM; REPTILES;

GENES;

RIBOSOME RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPTILES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SNAKES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SAUROPHILUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; PROTOZOA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINIDAE; VARANUS GRISEUS;

EID: 2342593211     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.891-899.2004     Document Type: Article

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