Fluorescence analysis detects gp60 subtype diversity in Cryptosporidium infections

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1388-1395

  Waldron, L S ^a   Power, M L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Fluorescence; Gp60; Infection; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GP60 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GP60 GENE; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA PROBES; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR TYPING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 79960387730     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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