Molecular epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis in Iranian children, Tehran, Iran

Iranian Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 41-45

  Taghipour, N ^a   Nazemalhosseini Mojarad, E ^a   Haghighi, A ^a   Rostami Nejad, M ^a   Romani, S ^a   Keshavarz, A ^a   Alebouyeh, M ^a   Zali, M R ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Children; Cryptosporidium; Genotypes; GP60 gene; Iran; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FECES ANALYSIS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENE; GENOTYPE; GP60 GENE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PREVALENCE;

EID: 83755174222     PISSN: 17357020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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