Asar Khan:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0813-2732
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: ResourcesRole: SoftwareRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – original
draft
Sumaira Shams: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole: SupervisionRole:
ValidationRole: Writing – review & editing
Saima Khan: Role: Data curationRole: ResourcesRole: Writing – original draft
Muhammad Iftikhar Khan: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole:
ResourcesRole: Writing – original draft
Sardar Khan: Role: SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – original draft
Abid Ali: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: Project administrationRole: ResourcesRole:
SupervisionRole: ValidationRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review &
editing
Adriana Calderaro: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
2
January
2019
Publication date Collection: 2019
Volume: 14
Issue: 1
Electronic Location Identifier: e0209188
Affiliations
[1
]
Department of Zoology, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Mardan, Pakistan
[2
]
Centre for Biotechnology and Microbiology University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan
[3
]
Department of Environmental Science, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan
Universita degli Studi di Parma, ITALY
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-14556
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209188
PMC ID: 6314602
PubMed ID: 30601870
SO-VID: d3ffbd2e-beb1-41ff-8942-3a3ebd262df4
Copyright © © 2019 Khan et al
License:
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The authors acknowledge the financial support provided by Pakistan Science Foundation
(PSF) for research facilities. The funders had no role in study design, data collection
and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Protozoans
Subject:
Parasitic Protozoans
Subject:
Cryptosporidium
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Protozoans
Subject:
Cryptosporidium
Subject:
Earth Sciences
Subject:
Hydrology
Subject:
Surface Water
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Parasitology
Subject:
Parasite Groups
Subject:
Apicomplexa
Subject:
Oocysts
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Protozoans
Subject:
Parasitic Protozoans
Subject:
Cryptosporidium
Subject:
Cryptosporidium Parvum
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Protozoans
Subject:
Cryptosporidium
Subject:
Cryptosporidium Parvum
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Parasitic Diseases
Subject:
Protozoan Infections
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Molecular Biology
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Molecular Biology Techniques
Subject:
Artificial Gene Amplification and Extension
Subject:
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Subject:
Diarrhea
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Diarrhea
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Diarrhea
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Organisms
Subject:
Eukaryota
Subject:
Animals
Subject:
Animal Types
Subject:
Domestic Animals
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Zoology
Subject:
Animal Types
Subject:
Domestic Animals