Classification of Cryptosporidium species from patients with sporadic cryptosporidiosis by use of sequence-based multilocus analysis following mutation scanning

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2252-2262

  Jex, Aaron R ^a   Pangasa, Aradhana ^a   Campbell, Bronwyn E ^a   Whipp, Margaret ^b   Hogg, Geoff ^b   Sinclair, Martha I ^c   Stevens, Melita ^d   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Diagnostic Unit   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GP60 GENE; HSP70 GENE; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PARASITOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 49049111660     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00116-08     Document Type: Article

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