Natural infection with zoonotic subtype of Cryptosporidium parvum in Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) from Brazil

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 166-170

  Meireles, Marcelo Vasconcelos ^a   Soares, Rodrigo Martins ^b   Bonello, Fábio ^a   Gennari, Solange Maria ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

18S rRNA gene; 60 kDa glycoprotein gene; Cryptosporidium; Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris; Natural infection

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MALACHITE GREEN; RNA 18S; WATER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAPYBARA; COW; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HABITAT; HYDROCHOERUS HYDROCHAERIS; KNOWLEDGE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; RODENT; SAMPLING; SPECIES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAZIL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RODENT DISEASES; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIALOGLYCOPROTEINS; ZOONOSES;

BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34249069833     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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