Meta-analysis of a polymorphic surface glycoprotein of the parasitic protozoa Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1800-1808

  Widmer, G ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium hominis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Gp40 15; Gp60

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP60; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 70449698245     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990215     Document Type: Article

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