Epidemiology and molecular relationships of Cryptosporidium spp. in people, primates, and livestock from Western Uganda

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Salyer, Stephanie J ^a   Gillespie, Thomas R ^b   Rwego, Innocent B ^c   Chapman, Colin A ^c,d   Goldberg, Tony L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM CUNICULUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LIVESTOCK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIMATE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; UGANDA; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMATE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRIMATE DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84861207405     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001597     Document Type: Article

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