Prevalence and Genetic Characterization of Cryptosporidium in Yaks in Qinghai Province of China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Mi, Rongsheng ^a   Wang, Xiaojuan ^a   Li, Chunhua ^b   Huang, Yan ^a   Zhou, Peng ^a   Li, Zhengfeng ^a   Lei, Mengtong ^b   Cai, Jinzhong ^b   Chen, Zhaoguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b Qinghai Academy of Animal and Veterinary Science   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM RYANAE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER; YAK;

AGING; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884512841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074985     Document Type: Article

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