Zoonotic transmission of Cryptosporidium meleagridis on an organic Swedish farm

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 963-967

  Silverlås, Charlotte ^a   Mattsson, Jens G ^a   Insulander, Mona ^b   Lebbad, Marianne ^c  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention ^*  (Sweden)

^c Swedish Institute for Communicable Disease Control   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium meleagridis; HSP70; Human cryptosporidiosis; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70;

DNA; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POULTRY; PROTEIN; RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FARM ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70 GENE; HEN; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; SHEEP; SWEDEN; SWINE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

SWEDEN;

AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84868159429     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.08.008     Document Type: Article

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