Evidence for a new species of Cryptosporidium infecting tortoises: Cryptosporidium ducismarci

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Traversa, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM DUCISMARCI; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTESTINE INJURY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RNA SEQUENCE; TURTLE;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; MALACOCHERSUS; REPTILIA; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO MARGINATA;

EID: 77951578563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-3-21     Document Type: Article

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