Genotypic identification of Cryptosporidium spp. isolated from HIV-infected patients and immunocompetent children of São Paulo, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-143

  Araújo, Ana Julia Urias Dos Santos ^a,b   Kanamura, Herminia Yohko ^a,b   De Almeida, Marcos Eduardo ^a   Gomes, Aparecida Helena De Souza ^c   Pinto, Thais Helena Lemos ^d   Da Silva, Alexandre Januário ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAUBATÉ   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^d HOSPITAL ISRAELITA ALBERT EINSTEIN   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Brazil; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium hominis; Cryptosporidium meleagridis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Genotyping; PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA EXTRACTION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 47049094710     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: 16789946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652008005000003     Document Type: Article

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