Re-description of Cryptosporidium cuniculus Inman and Takeuchi, 1979 (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae): Morphology, biology and phylogeny

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1539-1548

  Robinson, Guy ^a   Wright, Steve ^b   Elwin, Kristin ^a   Hadfield, Stephen J ^a   Katzer, Frank ^c   Bartley, Paul M ^c   Hunter, Paul R ^d   Nath, Mintu ^e   Innes, Elisabeth A ^c   Chalmers, Rachel M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b Creative Science Company (SC 310263)   (United Kingdom)

^c MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e BIOMATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium cuniculus; Genetic characterisation; Host infectivity; Morphology; Rabbit genotype; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CELL MEMBRANE PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; SINGLE STRANDED RNA;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HOST SPECIFICITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PARASITIC DISEASE; PHYLOGENY; PROTIST; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CUNICULUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GERBIL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INOCULATION; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE VILLUS; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PHYLOGENY; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE MUCOSA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GERBILLINAE; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HOST SPECIFICITY; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINE, SMALL; MICE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; HOMO SAPIENS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77955941739     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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