Molecular and spatial epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in children in a semiurban community in South India

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 915-920

  Ajjampur, Sitara Swarna Rao ^a   Gladstone, Beryl Primrose ^a   Selvapandian, David ^a   Muliyil, Jaya Prakash ^a   Ward, Honorine ^b   Kang, Gagandeep ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POVERTY AREAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33947247699     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01590-06     Document Type: Article

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