Host-adapted Cryptosporidium spp. in Canada geese (Branta canadensis)

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4211-4215

  Zhou, Ling ^a   Kassa, Hailu ^b   Tischler, Monica L ^c   Xiao, Lihua ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENES; RNA; VIRUSES;

DNA SEQUENCING; PATHOGENECITY; POLYMORPHISM;

MICROBIOLOGY;

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DUCK; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GOOSE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GEESE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANSER; ANSER SP.; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 3242761602     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4211-4215.2004     Document Type: Article

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