Development of a multilocus sequence typing tool for Cryptosporidium hominis

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Gatei, Wangeci ^a   Hart, C Anthony ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^c   Das, Pradeep ^d   Cama, Vitaliano ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; MICROSATELLITE DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS;

EID: 33751355423     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00169.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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