Molecular diagnosis and characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. in turkeys and chickens in Germany reveals evidence for previously undetected parasite species

• Yosra A. Helmy,

  Affiliations Food Animal Health Research Program, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Animal Hygiene, Zoonoses and Animal Ethology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt, Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Jürgen Krücken,

  Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• El-Sayed M. Abdelwhab,

  Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald-Insel Riems, Germany

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• Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna,

  Affiliation Institute for Parasitology and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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• Hafez M Hafez

  * E-mail: hafez@vetmed.fu-berlin.de

  Affiliation Institute of Poultry Diseases, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

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