Molecular Analysis of the 18S rRNA Gene of Cryptosporidium serpentis in a Wild-Caught Corn Snake ( Elaphe guttata guttata ) and a Five-Species Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism- Based Assay That Can Additionally Discern C. parvum from C. wrairi
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.12.5345-5349.1999