A whole water catchment approach to investigating the origin and distribution of Cryptosporidium species

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 717-730

  Robinson, Guy ^a   Chalmers, R M ^a   Stapleton, C ^b   Palmer, S R ^c   Watkins, J ^d   Francis, C ^d   Kay, D ^b  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d CREH ANALYTICAL LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catchment; Cryptosporidium; Livestock; Molecular characterisation; Rainfall; Water; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAIN; RNA; RUNOFF;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DESTOCKING; FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE; LIVESTOCK; MICROSATELLITE LOCI; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; OOCYSTS; WATER CATCHMENT; WATER SAMPLES; WILDLIFE;

CATCHMENTS;

HYDROGEN SULFIDE; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

AGE; CATCHMENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; FRAGMENTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INFECTIVITY; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTOZOAN; RAINFALL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURFACE WATER; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER; WILD POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; LOBSTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM PHOSPHOREUM; RNA SEQUENCE; SHELF LIFE; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ONDATRA;

EID: 80051687982     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.05068.x     Document Type: Article

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