Genetic analysis of Cryptosporidium from 2414 humans with diarrhoea in England between 1985 and 2000

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 703-707

  Leoni, F ^a,b   Amar, C ^a   Nichols, G ^a   Pedraza Diaz S ^c   McLauchlin, J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S; OOCYST WALL PROTEIN; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CANIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CERVINE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; DNA 18S GENE; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOON GENE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENGLAND; FECES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; INFANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33744960194     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46251-0     Document Type: Article

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