Molecular identification of Cryptosporidium spp. in animal and human hosts from the Czech Republic

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Hajdušek, Ondřej ^a,b   Ditrich, Oleg ^a,b   Šlapeta, Jan ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

COWP; Cryptosporidium; Epidemiology; Molecular identification; PCR; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; CAT; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEER; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HORSE; HOST; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REPTILE; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CZECH REPUBLIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BAILEYI; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CERVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SAUROPHILUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FELIS; FELIS CATUS; GALLUS GALLUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 3042608260     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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