Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. from children in Kolkata, India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4246-4249

  Das, Pradeep ^a   Roy, Seuli Saha ^b   MitraDhar, Kakali ^b   Dutta, Phalguni ^b   Bhattacharya, Mihir K ^b   Sen, Abhik ^b   Ganguly, Sandipan ^b   Bhattacharya, Sujit K ^b   Lal, Altaf A ^c   Xiao, Lihua ^c  

^a RAJENDRA MEMORIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33750941953     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00091-06     Document Type: Article

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