Immunoenzymatic analysis and genetic detection of Cryptosporidium parvum in lambs from Italy

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 349-352

  Paoletti, Barbara ^a   Giangaspero, Annunziata ^b   Gatti, Antonio ^a   Iorio, Raffaella ^a   Cembalo, Davide ^c   Milillo, Piermarino ^a   Traversa, Donato ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b Faculty of Agronomy   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Italy; Lamb; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; LAMB; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHEEP; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; GENOTYPE; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDUM; OVIS ARIES; PROTOZOA;

EID: 67449119149     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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