Cryptosporidium spp. in quails (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in Henan, China: Molecular characterization and public health significance

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 534-537

  Wang, Rongjun ^a,b   Wang, Fang ^a,b   Zhao, Jinfeng ^a,b   Qi, Meng ^a,b   Ning, Changshen ^a,b   Zhang, Longxian ^a,b   Xiao, Lihua ^c  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b International Joint Research Laboratory for Zoonotic Diseases of Henan   (China)

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

Author keywords

C. baileyi; C. meleagridis; Cryptosporidium; Quail; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTURNIX; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEASONAL VARIATION; ZOONOSIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHINA; COTURNIX; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AVES; COTURNIX JAPONICA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 84862811686     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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