Molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium isolates from pre-weaned calves in Romania: Is there an actual risk of zoonotic infections?

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 181, Issue 2-4, 2011, Pages 321-324

  Imre, Kálmán ^a   Lobo, Luisa M ^b   Matos, Olga ^b   Popescu, Cristina ^c   Genchi, Claudio ^d   Dǎrǎbuş, Gheorghe ^a  

^a BANAT S UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^c VASILE GOLDIS WESTERN UNIVERSITY OF ARAD   (Romania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; GP60 subtypes; PCR RFLP; Pre weaned calves; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GP60 GENE; INFECTION RISK; MICROSCOPY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; ROMANIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DAIRYING; DIARRHEA; FECES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; ROMANIA; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 80052528863     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.04.042     Document Type: Article

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