Multiple unique cryptosporidium isolates from three species of ground squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi, S. beldingi, and S. lateralis) in California

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 8269-8276

  Pereira, Maria Das Graças Cabral ^a   Li, Xunde ^a   McCowan, Brenda ^a   Phillips, Ralph L ^b   Atwill, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DATA SUPPORT; GROUND SQUIRRELS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS;

WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

RNA;

PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

PHYLOGENETICS; PROTEIN; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SCIURIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SPERMOPHILUS BEECHEYI; SPERMOPHILUS BELDINGI; SPERMOPHILUS LATERALIS;

EID: 78650383652     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00687-10     Document Type: Article

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