Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from cattle in a slaughterhouse in Tabriz, Northwestern Iran

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 639-643

  Fallah, Esmaeel ^a   Poor, Behroz Mahdavi ^a   Jamali, Rasol ^a   Nahavandi, Karim Hatam ^a   Asgharzadeh, Mohammad ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; Nested PCR; Small subunit rRNA

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; GENOMIC DNA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; IRAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

BOS; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 60249101874     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.639.643     Document Type: Article

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