Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium isolates from calves in Argentina

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 382-386

  Tomazic, Mariela L ^a,c   Maidana, Jimena ^a   Dominguez, Mariana ^a   Uriarte, Enrique Louge ^a   Galarza, Roxana ^b   Garro, Carlos ^a   Florin Christensen, Monica ^a,c   Schnittger, Leonhard ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

18S rRNA; Argentina; Calves; Cryptosporidiosis; Cryptosporidium; GP60 subtypes

Indexed keywords

DNA; RNA 18S;

18S RRNA GENE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; CALF (BOVINE); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GP60 GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ZOONOSIS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

18S RRNA; ARGENTINA; CALVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GP60 SUBTYPES;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84888427851     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2013.09.022     Document Type: Article

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