Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from humans and animals in Iran

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1033-1035

  Meamar, Ahmad Reza ^a   Guyot, Karine ^b   Certad, Gabriela ^b   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^b   Mohraz, Mino ^c   Mohebali, Mehdi ^a   Mohammad, Kazem ^a   Mehbod, Amir Ali ^a   Rezaie, Sasan ^a   Rezaian, Mostafa ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; GENES; RNA;

ANIMAL HOSTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ISOLATES; LAXER LOCUS; ZOONOTICALLY TRANSMITTED;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

DEFINITIVE HOST; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; ISOLATED POPULATION; PROTOZOAN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE LOCUS; IRAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; RNA GENE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IRAN; ZOONOSES;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33846920818     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00964-06     Document Type: Article

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