Development of fluorescent in situ hybridisation for Cryptosporidium detection reveals zoonotic and anthroponotic transmission of sporadic cryptosporidiosis in Sydney

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 535-539

  Alagappan, A ^a   Tujula, N A ^a   Power, M ^a   Ferguson, C M ^b,c   Bergquist, P L ^a,d   Ferrari, B C ^a,e  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Ecowise Environmental Australia   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Anthroponotic; Cryptosporidium; FISH; Sporadic; Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; ZOONOSES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 55149123961     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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