Validation of fragment analysis by capillary electrophoresis to resolve mixed infections by Cryptosporidium parvum subpopulations

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1821-1825

  Quílez, Joaquín ^a   Hadfield, Stephen J ^b   Ramo, Ana ^a   Vergara Castiblanco, Claudia ^a   Chalmers, Rachel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Microsatellites; Minisatellites; Mixed infections; Spreadex gels

Indexed keywords

POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CONCURRENT INFECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA TEMPLATE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE MOTIF; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUTTERING; VALIDATION STUDY; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ALLELES; COINFECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, CAPILLARY; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84901340252     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3828-6     Document Type: Article

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