Cryptosporidium spp. in pet birds: Genetic diversity and potential public health significance

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 336-340

  Qi, Meng ^a   Wang, Rongjun ^a   Ning, Changshen ^a   Li, Xiaoyu ^a   Zhang, Longxian ^a   Jian, Fuchun ^a   Sun, Yanru ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^b  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Cryptosporidium; Pet birds; Prevalence; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM GALLI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PET ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACRIDOTHERES TRISTIS; AVES; BOMBYCILLA GARRULUS; CHLOEBIA GOULDIAE; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM GALLI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDUM; ERYTHRURA GOULDIAE; GALERIDA CRISTATA; LEIOTHRIX; LEIOTHRIX ARGENTAURIS; LEIOTHRIX LUTEA; NYMPHICUS HOLLANDICUS; PADDA; PADDA ORYZIVORA; PICA PICA; STREPTOPELIA; STREPTOPELIA ORIENTALIS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; UROCISSA ERYTHRORHYNCHA;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYSTS; PETS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80052630050     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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