Distribution of Cryptosporidium subtypes in humans and domestic and wild ruminants in Portugal

Parasitology Research

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-292

  Alves, Margarida ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b   Antunes, Francisco ^c   Matos, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

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

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN 60; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PORTUGAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RUMINANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33745741781     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0164-5     Document Type: Article

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