The population structure of the Cryptosporidium parvum population in Scotland: A complex picture

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-129

  Morrison, Liam J ^a   Mallon, Marianne E ^a   Smith, Huw V ^b   MacLeod, Annette ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^c   Tait, Andy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Genotype; Microsatellite repeats; Minisatellite repeats; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDEMIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SHEEP; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; SCOTLAND; VARIATION (GENETICS);

BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 39649095869     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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