Occurrence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in mammals and reptiles at the Lisbon Zoo

Parasitology Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 108-112

  Alves, Margarida ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b   Lemos, Vanessa ^a   Zhou, Ling ^b   Cama, Vitaliano ^b   Da Cunha, Margarida Barão ^c   Matos, Olga ^a   Antunes, Francisco ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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

^c Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa ^*  (Portugal)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MAMMAL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRAIRIE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; REPTILE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; MAMMALS; PARASITE EGG COUNT; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; REPTILES; SPAIN;

BISON; BISON BISON BISON; CONNOCHAETES GNOU; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GEOCHELONE ELEGANS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 24044457975     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1384-9     Document Type: Article

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