Cryptosporidium genotype and subtype distribution in raw wastewater in Shanghai, China: Evidence for possible unique cryptosporidium hominis transmission

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-157

  Feng, Yaoyu ^a   Li, Na ^b,c,d   Duan, Liping ^b,c,d   Xiao, Lihua ^c  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

60 KDA GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; RATTUS;

EID: 58849115532     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01777-08     Document Type: Article

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