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Identification of novel Cryptosporidium genotypes from avian hosts.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2006
Ng Josephine, Pavlasek Ivan, Ryan Una
Abstract excerpt
A total of 430 avian-derived fecal specimens were randomly collected from selected Western Australian commercial aviaries, poultry farms, hatcheries, wildlife parks, and the Perth Zoo and screened for the presence of Cryptosporidium by PCR. Of these, 27 Cryptosporidium-positive isolates were detected, characterized, and compared with 11 avian-derived isolates from the Czech Republic at the 18S rRNA and actin gene...
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