Genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium species from humans in Spain

Parasitology International

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 201-205

  Llorente, María Teresa ^a   Clavel, Antonio ^a   Goñi, María Pilar ^a   Varea, Marzo ^a   Seral, Cristina ^a   Becerril, Raquel ^a   Suarez, Laura ^a   Gómez Lus, Rafael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

COWP; Cryptosporidium; Genotype; Humans; Rural; SSU rRNA; Urban

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYTE WALL PROTEIN GENE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPAIN; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

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

EID: 34250715490     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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