Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia isolates from cattle from Portugal

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-50

  Mendonça, Carla ^a   Almeida, André ^a,b   Castro, António ^a,b   de Lurdes Delgado, Maria ^a,b   Soares, Sónia ^a,b   da Costa, José Manuel Correia ^a,b   Canada, Nuno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Molecular characterization; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RNA 18S;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BETA GIARDIN GENE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FECES; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; PORTUGAL; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 34248646244     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.019     Document Type: Article

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