Multiple Cryptosporidium parvum subtypes detected in a unique isolate of a Chilean neonatal calf with diarrhea

Parasitology Research

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1985-1988

  Mercado, Ruben ^a   Peña, Sebastian ^a   Ozaki, Luiz Shozo ^b   Fredes, Fernando ^a   Godoy, Juan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Epidemiology; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; BOVINE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; FECES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 84940003522     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-015-4364-8     Document Type: Article

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