Biology of Cryptosporidium from marsupial hosts

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 40-44

  Power, Michelle L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C. fayeri; C. macropodum; Cryptosporidium; Marsupials; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

DNA 18S;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENOTYPE; MARSUPIALIA; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 72449121312     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.07.014     Document Type: Article

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