Presence of human Giardia in domestic, farm and wild animals, and environmental samples suggests a zoonotic potential for giardiasis

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-107

  Van Keulen, Harry ^a   Macechko, P Timothy ^b   Wade, Susan ^c   Schaaf, Stephanie ^c   Wallis, Peter M ^d   Erlandsen, Stanley L ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d Hyperion Research Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Genotype characterization; Giardia; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DOG; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BASE SEQUENCE; CATS; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SHEEP; SWINE; WATER; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERVIDAE; FELIS CATUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PEROMYSCUS;

EID: 0037056039     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(02)00181-4     Document Type: Article

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