Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. from wild rats and mice from rural communities in the Philippines

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-12

  Ng Hublin, Josephine S Y ^a   Singleton, Grant R ^b   Ryan, Una ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

Author keywords

18S; Cryptosporidium; Mice; Philippines; Rats; Rodents

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SCROFARUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; MICE; PHILIPPINES; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; RATS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; RODENT DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84875238124     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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