Cryptosporidium species in Australian wildlife and domestic animals

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1673-1688

  Ryan, Una ^a   Power, Michelle ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cattle; Cryptosporidium; genotype; marsupials; sheep; zoonotic

Indexed keywords

RNA 18S; SURFACE WATER;

AUSTRALIA; CAT; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DEER; DNA EXTRACTION; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTIC PIG; FERAL ANIMAL; FOX; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENOTYPE; HOST RANGE; KANGAROO; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; MARSUPIAL; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REVIEW; RODENT; SEASHORE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; WATER SUPPLY; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES, ANIMAL; WATER;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; METATHERIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84868553582     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012001151     Document Type: Review

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