Subtype analysis of Cryptosporidium isolates from children in Uganda

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1097-1100

  Akiyoshi, Donna E ^a   Tumwine, James K ^b   Bakeera Kitaka, Sabrina ^b   Tzipori, Saul ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; PARASITIC DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UGANDA;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; UGANDA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33845264795     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-843R.1     Document Type: Article

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