First genetic classification of Cryptosporidium and Giardia from HIV/AIDS patients in Malaysia

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 968-974

  Lim, Yvonne A L ^a,b   Iqbal, Asma ^b   Surin, Johari ^b   Sim, Benedict L H ^c   Jex, Aaron R ^a   Nolan, Matthew J ^a   Smith, Huw V ^d   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c HOSPITAL SUNGAI BULOH   (Malaysia)

^d STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Genotypes; Giardia; HIV AIDS; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLYCOPROTEIN; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM FELIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 79956293490     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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