Genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. within a remote population of soay sheep on St. Kilda Islands, Scotland

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2240-2246

  Connelly, L ^a   Craig, B H ^b   Jones, B ^a,c   Alexander, C L ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP; FRAGMENT LENGTHS; FREEZE-THAWING; GENE ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIVERSITY;

GENE ENCODING; RNA;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 18S;

FERAL ORGANISM; GENETIC VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SCOTLAND; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

HIRTA; SAINT KILDA [WESTERN ISLES]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84875483450     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02823-12     Document Type: Article

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