Molecular epidemiology and clinical manifestations of human cryptosporidiosis in Sweden

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1009-1020

  Insulander, M ^a   Silverlas C ^b   Lebbad, M ^c   Karlsson, L ^d   Mattsson, J G ^e   Svenungsson, B ^f  

^a Stockholm County ^*  (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical manifestations; cryptosporidiosis; molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYST WALL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RNA 18S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM VIATORUM; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GP60 GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876003139     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001665     Document Type: Article

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