Genetic diversity and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium parvum causing foal diarrhea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2396-2398

  Grinberg, A ^a   Learmonth, J ^a   Kwan, E ^a   Pomroy, W ^a   Lopez Villalobos, N ^a   Gibson, I ^b   Widmer, G ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b New Zealand Veterinary Pathology Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COW; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FOAL; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEW ZEALAND; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZOONOSES;

EID: 49049105936     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00936-08     Document Type: Article

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