The prevalence of Cryptosporidium species and subtypes in human faecal samples in Ireland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Zintl, Annetta ^a   Proctor, A F ^a   Read, C ^a   Dewaal, T ^a   Shanaghy, N ^b   Fanning, S ^a   Mulcahy, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b WATERFORD REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; OOCYST WALL PROTEIN, CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; IRELAND; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPRING; TREND STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRELAND; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61549141092     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000769     Document Type: Article

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