Occurrence and molecular diagnosis of cryptosporidium serpentis in captive snakes in São Paulo, Brazil

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 326-329

  Da Paixão Sevá, Anaiá ^a   Sercundes, Michele K ^a   Martins, Juliana ^a   De Souza, Sheila Oliveira ^a   Da Cruz, João Batista ^b   Lisboa, Cybele Sabino ^b   Correa, Sandra Helena Ramiro ^a   Soares, Rodrigo Martins ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fund Parque Zoologico de S Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium serpentis; molecular diagnosis; snakes; zoological

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SERPENTIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 79959192928     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/2010-0157.1     Document Type: Article

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