Multilocus analysis of Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum isolates from sporadic and outbreak-related human cases and C. parvum isolates from sporadic livestock cases in the United Kingdom

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3286-3294

  Leoni, Francesca ^a,d   Mallon, Marianne E ^b   Smith, Huw V ^c   Tait, Andy ^b   McLauchlin, Jim ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; PROTOZOAL RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDEMIC; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, PROTOZOAN; SHEEP; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 35348873854     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.02536-06     Document Type: Article

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