Molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium in humans and cattle in The Netherlands

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 809-817

  Wielinga, Peter R ^a   de Vries, Ankje ^a   van der Goot, Tjeerd H ^a   Mank, Theo ^b   Mars, Maria Henriette ^c   Kortbeek, Laetitia M ^a   van der Giessen, Joke W B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Human; Molecular epidemiology; Ruminants; Zoonose

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMINID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZOONOSES;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 41949125514     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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