Looking for Cryptosporidium: The application of advances in detection and diagnosis

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 237-251

  Chalmers, Rachel M ^a   Katzer, Frank ^b  

^a SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; Detection; Diagnosis; Subtyping; Typing

Indexed keywords

HALOFUGINONE; NITAZOXANIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOLOGY TEST KIT; INFECTIOUS DIARRHEA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LOOP MEDIATED ISOTHERMAL AMPLIFICATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; EUROPE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MOLECULAR TYPING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84876873607     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: 14715007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2013.03.001     Document Type: Review

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