Intragenomic sequence variation of the ITS-1 region within a single flow-cytometrycounted cyclospora cayetanensis oocysts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 914-919

  Riner, Diana K ^a   Nichols, Tonya ^a,b   Lucas, Sasha Y ^a   Mullin, Andrew S ^a,b   Cross, John H ^a,c   Lindquist, H D Alan ^a,b  

^a PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; RIBOSOME DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OPERON; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; PROTOZOA;

CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORIASIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 77958162020     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2505.1     Document Type: Article

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