Molecular characterization and genotyping of human related microsporidia in free-ranging and captive pigeons of Tehran, Iran

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 495-499

  Pirestani, Majid ^a   Sadraei, Javid ^a   Forouzandeh, Mahdi ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon spp.; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Fecal samples; Microsporidia; Molecular epidemiology; Pigeons

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS IDENTIFICATION; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IRAN; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; COLUMBA; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRD DISEASES; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84887232700     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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