Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans in Slovenia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 918-921

  Soba B ^a   Petrovec, M ^a   Mioc V ^b   Logar, Jernej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium spp.; DNA sequence analysis; Oocyst wall protein gene; PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOLITIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SLOVENIA;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33746620930     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01465.x     Document Type: Article

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