Article
Molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium from various hosts.
Parasitology - 1 Jul 1998
Morgan U M, Sargent K D, Deplazes P, Forbes D A, Spano F, Hertzberg H, Elliot A, Thompson R C
Abstract excerpt
A 298 bp region of the Cryptosporidium parvum 18S rDNA and a 390 bp region of the acetyl-CoA synthetase gene were sequenced for a range of human and animal isolates of Cryptosporidium from different geographical areas. A distinct genotype is common to isolates from cattle, sheep and goats and als...
Topics
- Acetate-CoA Ligase
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Camelids, New World
- Cattle
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Cryptosporidium parvum
- DNA, Protozoan
- DNA, Ribosomal
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype
- Goats
- Humans
- Marsupialia
- Mice
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
