DNA detection and genotypic identification of potentially human-pathogenic microsporidia from asymptomatic pet parrots in South Korea as a risk factor for zoonotic emergence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 8442-8444

  Lee, So Young ^a   Lee, Sung Seok ^a   Lyoo, Young S ^a   Park, Hee Myung ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DETECTION; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FECAL SAMPLES; MICROSPORIDIA; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH KOREA;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY;

PROTOZOA;

FUNGAL DNA; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA;

BIRD; CAPTIVE BREEDING; EMERGENCE; FUNGUS; GENOTYPE; INFECTIVITY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PATHOGEN; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARROT; PET ANIMAL; PHYLOGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH KOREA; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; BIRD DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARROTS; PETS; PHYLOGENY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 83255192299     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05343-11     Document Type: Article

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