Molecular typing of Cryptosporidium parvum associated with a diarrhoea outbreak identifies two sources of exposure

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1147-1152

  Mattsson, J G ^a   Insulander, M ^b   Lebbad, M ^c   Bjorkman C ^a   Svenungsson, Bo ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MOLECULAR TYPING; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SWIMMING POOL;

ANIMALS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; SWIMMING POOLS;

EID: 47249162067     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807009673     Document Type: Article

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