Wildlife-associated Cryptosporidium fayeri in human, Australia

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2006-2007

  Waldron, Liette S ^a   Cnheung Kwok Sang, Cristel ^a   Power, Michelle L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 60; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CASE REPORT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FAYERI; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; LETTER; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WILDLIFE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RISK FACTORS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 78649542835     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1612.100715     Document Type: Letter

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