Distribution of Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in water samples in Portugal: A preliminary study

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Alves, Margarida ^a   Ribeiro, Ana M ^b   Neto, Célia ^b   Ferreira, Elisabete ^b   Benoliel, Maria J ^b   Antunes, Francisco ^c   Matos, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Empresa Portuguesa das Aguas Livres SA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

PROTOZOAN; WATER;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; PHYLOGENY; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 33751354781     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00162.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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