Identification of potentially human-pathogenic Enterocytozoon bieneusi genotypes in various birds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 7380-7382

  Lobo, Maria Luísa ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^c   Cama, Vitaliano ^c   Magalhães, Nuno ^a   Antunes, Francisco ^b   Matos, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENES; GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BIRDS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE;

BACTERIA;

DNA;

BIRD; DETECTION METHOD; GENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; BIRD; DOVE; ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PIGEON; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; COLUMBIFORMES; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENOTYPE; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIFORMES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 33750994348     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01394-06     Document Type: Article

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