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School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

# overview
Our laboratory conducts translational research with an ultimate goal to discover new anti-parasitic therapeutics by targeting metabolic enzymes and other molecules critical or essential to the parasite infection, survival and development, such as those involved in the lipid and energy metabolisms and interacting with host cells in Cryptosporidium and other protozoan parasites. Other research areas include functional genomics and molecular evolution of apicomplexan parasites, and parasitic diseases important to the conservation of wild animals.

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University of Georgia - (Athens, Georgia, United States)

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Zhejiang University - (Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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Wadsworth Center - (Albany, New York, United States)

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Zhejiang University - (Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)

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Functional characterization of a fatty acyl-CoA-binding protein (ACBP) from the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum.

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A novel high-throughput screening assay for putative antidiabetic agents through PPARalpha interactions.

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Plant-type trehalose synthetic pathway in cryptosporidium and some other apicomplexans.

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A Vavraia-like microsporidium as the cause of deadly infection in threatened and endangered Eurycea salamanders in the United States.

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Cryptosporidium parvum: functional complementation of a parasite transcriptional coactivator CpMBF1 in yeast.

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Application of quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR in assessing drug efficacy against the intracellular pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro.

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Cryptosporidium parvum long-chain fatty acid elongase.

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Computer program for calculating the melting temperature of degenerate oligonucleotides used in PCR or hybridization.

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Evolution of Cryptosporidium parvum lactate dehydrogenase from malate dehydrogenase by a very recent event of gene duplication.

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Discovery of Novel Anti-cryptosporidial Activities From Natural Products by in vitro High-Throughput Phenotypic Screening.

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Differential expression of the two distinct replication protein A subunits from Cryptosporidium parvum.

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CONFOCAL LASER-SCANNING MICROSCOPY OF BETA-TUBULIN AND ALPHA-ACTININ IN ASEXUAL STAGES OF EIMERIA-TENELLA (APICOMPLEXA, EIMERIIDAE) IN CELL-CULTURE

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Prevalence of intestinal parasites in companion dogs with diarrhea in Beijing, China, and genetic characteristics of Giardia and Cryptosporidium species

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Transcriptome analysis reveals unique metabolic features in the Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts associated with environmental survival and stresses.

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Variant proteins associated with ionophore resistance in sporozoites of Eimeria tenella (Coccidia).

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Streptococcus troglodytidis sp. nov., isolated from a foot abscess of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes).

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A genome-sequence survey for Ascogregarina taiwanensis supports evolutionary affiliation but metabolic diversity between a Gregarine and Cryptosporidium.

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Two distinct oxysterol binding protein-related proteins in the parasitic protist Cryptosporidium parvum (Apicomplexa).

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Apical organelle discharge by Cryptosporidium parvum is temperature, cytoskeleton, and intracellular calcium dependent and required for host cell invasion.

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An old drug as a promising new cure for the hard-to-treat echinococcosis.

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Pyruvate : NADP+ oxidoreductase from the mitochondrion of Euglena gracilis and from the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum: a biochemical relic linking pyruvate metabolism in mitochondriate and amitochondriate protists.

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Molecular analysis of a Type I fatty acid synthase in Cryptosporidium parvum.

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An improved histone deacetylase (HDAC) assay and its application for high-throughput screening of inhibitors against Cryptosporidium parvum enzymes

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Cysteine-independent Catalase-like Activity of Vertebrate Peroxiredoxin 1 (Prx1).

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Efficacy of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase inhibitors, D-eritadenine and (S)-DHPA, against the growth of Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro.

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Cysteine-independent catalase-like activity of vertebrate peroxiredoxin 1 (Prx1).

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Divergent polyamine metabolism in the Apicomplexa.

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The Existing Drug Vorinostat as a New Lead Against Cryptosporidiosis by Targeting the Parasite Histone Deacetylases.

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Amelioration of Cryptosporidium parvum infection in vitro and in vivo by targeting parasite fatty acyl-coenzyme A synthetases.

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A unique hexokinase in Cryptosporidium parvum, an apicomplexan pathogen lacking the Krebs cycle and oxidative phosphorylation.

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Cryptosporidium Lactate Dehydrogenase Is Associated with the Parasitophorous Vacuole Membrane and Is a Potential Target for Developing Therapeutics.

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Silk Fibroin Scaffolds Facilitating the Repair of Rat Abdominal Wall Defect

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The Action of the Hexokinase Inhibitor 2-deoxy-d-glucose on Cryptosporidium parvum and the Discovery of Activities against the Parasite Hexokinase from Marketed Drugs.

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Functional characterization of the acyl-[acyl carrier protein] ligase in the Cryptosporidium parvum giant polyketide synthase.

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Cryptosporidium parvum possesses a short-type replication protein A large subunit that differs from its host.

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Differential expression and interaction of transcription co-activator MBF1 with TATA-binding protein (TBP) in the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Distribution of lethal giant larvae (Lgl) protein in the tegument and negative impact of siRNA-based gene silencing on worm surface structure and egg hatching in Schistosoma japonicum.

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Advances in research of fish immune-relevant genes: a comparative overview of innate and adaptive immunity in teleosts.

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Minimizing DNA recombination during long RT-PCR.

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Reconstitution of a bacterial/plant polyamine biosynthesis pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

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Molecular and biochemical characterization of Eimeria tenella hexokinase.

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The reductase domain in a Type I fatty acid synthase from the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum: restricted substrate preference towards very long chain fatty acyl thioesters.

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Characterisation of a novel transporter from Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Characterization of a heavy metal ATPase from the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Functional characterization of an evolutionarily distinct phosphopantetheinyl transferase in the apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Functional characterization of replication protein A2 (RPA2) from Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Apical organelle discharge by Cryptosporidium parvum is temperature-, cytoskeleton- and intracellular calcium-dependent and required for host cell invasion

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Molecular cloning and differential expression in tissues of a tyrosinase gene in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas

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Cryptosporidium parvum invasion of biliary epithelia requires host cell tyrosine phosphorylation of cortactin via c-Src.

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Comparative genomics reveals adaptive evolution of Asian tapeworm in switching to a new intermediate host.

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Gene discovery, evolutionary affinity and molecular detection of Oxyspirura petrowi, an eye worm parasite of game birds.

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Cryptosporidium parvum appears to lack a plastid genome.

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How Much Does Roxarsone Contribute to Coccidiosis Control in Broilers when Used in Combination with Ionophores?

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New function for Escherichia coli xanthosine phophorylase (xapA): genetic and biochemical evidences on its participation in NAD(+) salvage from nicotinamide.

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Molecular cloning, phylogenetic analysis and three-dimensional modeling of Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (CnSOD1) from three varieties of Cryptococcus neoformans.

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Direct isolation of DNA from patient stools for polymerase chain reaction detection of Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Heterogeneous expression and functional analysis of two distinct replication protein A large subunits from Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Giardia fatty acyl-CoA synthetases as potential drug targets.

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Cryptosporidium parvum: the first protist known to encode a putative polyketide synthase.

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Novel anti-Cryptosporidium activity of known drugs identified by high-throughput screening against parasite fatty acyl-CoA binding protein (ACBP).

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Cryptosporidium parvum Elongation Factor 1 Participates in the Formation of Base Structure at the Infection Site During Invasion.

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A new eimeriid (Apicomplexa) species from endangered Attwater's prairie chickens (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri) in Texas.

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Polyamine biosynthesis in Cryptosporidium parvum and its implications for chemotherapy.

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A review of the global burden, novel diagnostics, therapeutics, and vaccine targets for cryptosporidium.

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Monophyletic relationship between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus and group 2 coronaviruses.

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Phylogenetic analyses of Texas isolates indicate an evolving subtype of the clade B feline immunodeficiency viruses.

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Expression and functional characterization of a giant Type I fatty acid synthase (CpFAS1) gene from Cryptosporidium parvum

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Annotated draft genome sequences of three species of Cryptosporidium: Cryptosporidium meleagridis isolate UKMEL1, C. baileyi isolate TAMU-09Q1 and C. hominis isolates TU502_2012 and UKH1.

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An apicomplexan ankyrin-repeat histone deacetylase with relatives in photosynthetic eukaryotes.

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Novel Antiparasitic Activity of the Antifungal Lead Occidiofungin.

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The MEP pathway in Babesia orientalis apicoplast, a potential target for anti-babesiosis drug development.

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Differential Gene Expression and Protein Localization of Cryptosporidium parvum Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase Isoforms.

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Amplification of ionophore resistance in a field strain of Eimeria tenella by treating free sporozoites with monensin in vitro.

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Complete genome sequence of the apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

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Biochemical characterization of enoyl reductase involved in Type II fatty acid synthesis in the intestinal coccidium Eimeria tenella (Phylum Apicomplexa).

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The protozoan parasite Cryptosporidium parvum possesses two functionally and evolutionarily divergent replication protein A large subunits.

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Peroxiredoxin 1 (Prx1) is a dual-function enzyme by possessing Cys-independent catalase-like activity.

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Peptides associated with monensin resistance in sporozoites of Eimeria tenella (Coccidia).

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Involvement of host cell integrin 2 in Cryptosporidium parvum infection.

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The apicomplexan Cryptosporidium parvum possesses a single mitochondrial-type ferredoxin and ferredoxin:NADP+ reductase system.

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Molecular analysis of a P-type ATPase from Cryptosporidium parvum.

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High-Throughput Screening of Drugs Against the Growth of Cryptosporidium parvum In Vitro by qRT-PCR.

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Release of luminal exosomes contributes to TLR4-mediated epithelial antimicrobial defense.

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Seroprevalence of five parasitic pathogens in pregnant women in ten Caribbean countries.

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Apicoplast genome of the coccidian Eimeria tenella.

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Establishment of a continuous in vitro culture of Babesia duncani in human erythrocytes reveals unusually high tolerance to recommended therapies.

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Characterization of Host Cell Mutants Significantly Resistant to Cryptosporidium parvum Infection.

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What is your diagnosis? Corneal scrape from a dog.

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Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of a Type II Thioesterase From the Zoonotic Protozoan Parasite Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Discovery of ebselen as an inhibitor of Cryptosporidium parvum glucose-6-phosphate isomerase (CpGPI) by high-throughput screening of existing drugs.

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Multiyear Survey of Coccidia, Cryptosporidia, Microsporidia, Histomona, and Hematozoa in Wild Quail in the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of Texas and Oklahoma, USA.

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Current progress in the fatty acid metabolism in Cryptosporidium parvum.

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The beta tubulin gene of Eimeria tenella.

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Energy Metabolism and Carbon Flow in Cryptosporidium parvum

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Functional characterizations of malonyl-CoA:acyl carrier protein transacylase (MCAT) in Eimeria tenella.

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Inhibition of the Cryptosporidium parvum S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase with purine nucleoside analogues

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SEROPREVALENCE OF FIVE PARASITIC PATHOGENS IN PREGNANT WOMEN FROM 10 CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES

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Characterization in vitro and in vivo of resistance to ionophores in a strain of Eimeria tenella.

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Intron-containing beta-tubulin transcripts in Cryptosporidium parvum cultured in vitro.

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Quantitative RT-PCR assay for high-throughput screening (HTS) of drugs against the growth of Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro.

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Crystallization of three key glycolytic enzymes of the opportunistic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum.

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Transcriptome analysis in chicken cecal epithelia upon infection by Eimeria tenella in vivo.

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Presence and removal of a contaminating NADH oxidation activity in recombinant maltose-binding protein fusion proteins expressed in Escherichia coli.

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What is the phylogenetic position of Cryptosporidium?

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Evaluation of Marketed Drugs for Rapid Development As Anti- Cryptosporidial Agents

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Developing Therapeutics against Giardia and Other Anaerobic Protozoa by Targeting Parasite Fatty Acyl-CoA Synthetase (ACS)

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Bacterial-type hexokinase (HK) in the opportunistic parasite Cryptosporidium parvum

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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Biochemistry of Protozoan parasites in animals and humans

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National Institute of Food and Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Discovery of inhibitors against cryptosporidial fatty acyl-CoA synthetase

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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PCR optimization for the identification and diagnosis of microsporidia in federally listed Eurycea salamanders and voriconazole Treatment

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United States Department of the Interior - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Discovery Of Host Cell Candidate Proteins Critical To The Attachment By Cryptosporidium Sporozoites

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National Institutes of Health - (Bethesda, Maryland, United States)

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DHHS-NIH-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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Texas A&M University; Vet Med Pathobiology; 4467 TAMU

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School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences