Microsatellite typing of Cryptosporidium parvum in isolates from a waterborne outbreak

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3866-3867

  Hunter, Paul R ^a   Wilkinson, Dawn C ^a   Lake, Iain R ^b   Harrison, Florence C D ^b   Syed, Qutub ^c   Hadfield, Stephen J ^d   Chalmers, Rachel M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d UK Cryptosporidium Reference Unit   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 55849150496     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01636-08     Document Type: Letter

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