Natural infection of Cryptosporidium muris (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporiidae) in Siberian chipmunks

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 441-444

  Hůrková, Lada ^a   Hajdušek, Ondřej ^b   Modrý, David ^a,b  

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

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

BALB c mice; Cryptosporidium muris; Eutamias sibiricus; Sciuridae; Siberian chipmunk; SSU rRNA gene

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; SCIURIDAE; TAMIAS; TAMIAS SIBIRICUS; UNDETERMINED SCIURIDAE 'CHIPMUNKS';

EID: 3042569025     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-39.2.441     Document Type: Article

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