First report of Cryptosporidium parvum 'ferret' genotype in American mink (Mustela vison Shreber 1777)

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 877-879

  Gomez Couso H ^a   Mendez Hermida F ^a   Ares Mazas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MINK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL DISEASES; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; GENOTYPE; MINK; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 33846573296     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0338-1     Document Type: Article

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