Detection and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium bovis-like isolate from a newborn lamb in Spain

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1536-1538

  Navarro i Martinez, Luis ^a,b   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^b   Bornay Llinares, Fernando J ^a,c   Moura, Iaci N S ^b   Del Aguila, Carmen ^d   Oleaga, Ana ^e   Pieniazek, Norman J ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; RNA 18S;

DETECTION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; SHEEP; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; LAMB; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.;

EID: 38849138673     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1116.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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