Genetic characterisation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia from dairy calves: Discovery of species/genotypes consistent with those found in humans

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1984-1993

  Abeywardena, Harshanie ^a   Jex, Aaron R ^a   Nolan, Matthew J ^a   Haydon, Shane R ^b   Stevens, Melita A ^b   McAnulty, Robin W ^c   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^c LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium hominis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Dairy calves; Giardia duodenalis; Zoonotic potential

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P60;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRY CATTLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84867384993     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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