Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium isolates from pet reptiles

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 204-210

  Pedraza Díaz, Susana ^a   Ortega Mora, Luis M ^a   Carrión, Beatriz A ^b   Navarro, Vanesa ^a   Gómez Bautista, Mercedes ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Clínica Camaleo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Molecular characterisation; Pet reptiles

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM VARANII; FECES ANALYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BASE SEQUENCE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPTILES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; CHAMAELEO; CHLAMYDOSAURUS; CORALLUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SAUROPHILUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; ELAPHE; EUBLEPHARIS; IGUANA; KINIXYS; LAMPROPELTIS; POGONA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TERATOSCINCUS; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TILIQUA;

EID: 60849112817     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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