Prevalence, genetic characteristics, and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium species causing infections in farm rabbits in China

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3263-3266

  Shi, Ke ^a   Jian, Fuchuan ^a   Lv, Chaochao ^a   Ning, Changshen ^a   Zhang, Longxian ^a,b,c   Ren, Xupeng ^a   Dearen, Theresa K ^b   Li, Na ^b   Qi, Meng ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b,c  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRAIT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ZOONOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; HSP70 HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RABBITS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RODENT DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 77956806319     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00819-10     Document Type: Article

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