Identification of novel Cryptosporidium genotypes in kangaroos from Western Australia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 22-27

  Yang, Rongchang ^a   Fenwick, Stanley ^a   Potter, Abbey ^a   Ng, Josephine ^a   Ryan, Una ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

C. fayeri; C. marcopodum; C. xiaoi; Cryptosporidium; Novel genotype; Western grey kangaroos

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MACROPODUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM XIAOI; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DISTANCE; GENOTYPE; KANGAROO; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; MACROPODIDAE; PHYLOGENY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS FULIGINOSUS;

EID: 79957602303     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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