Evidence of host-associated populations of Cryptosporidium parvum in Italy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3523-3529

  Drumo, Rosanna ^a   Widmer, Giovanni ^b   Morrison, Liam J ^c   Tait, Andy ^c   Grelloni, Vincenzo ^d   D'Avino, Nicoletta ^d   Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Cacciò, Simone M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL UMBRIA E DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APICOMPLEXAN PARASITES; CLONAL POPULATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENETIC EXCHANGE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LOCAL SCALE; MICROSATELLITE LOCI; PARASITE POPULATION; PARASITE-; POPULATION STRUCTURES;

ANIMALS; GENES; WOOL;

AGRICULTURE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CATTLE; CLONAL GROWTH; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARASITE INTENSITY; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PROTIST; PROTOZOAN; SHEEP; SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GOAT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GOATS; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SHEEP;

ITALY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CAPRA HIRCUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84861149117     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07686-11     Document Type: Article

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