Cryptosporidium meleagridis: Infectivity in healthy adult volunteers

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-242

  Chappell, Cynthia L ^a   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^b   Langer Curry, Rebecca C ^c   Akiyoshi, Donna E ^d   Widmer, Giovanni ^d   Tzipori, Saul ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BAYER CROPSCIENCE   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; DIARRHEA; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES COMPOSITION; FEMALE; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 80051512262     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0664     Document Type: Article

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