Zoonotic linkage and variation in Cryptosporidium parvum from patients in the United Kingdom

Parasitology Research

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1321-1325

  Chalmers, Rachel M ^a   Smith, Richard P ^b   Hadfield, Stephen J ^a   Elwin, Kristin ^a   Giles, Michaela ^b  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FARM ANIMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA PRIMERS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 79956212741     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-010-2199-x     Document Type: Article

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