Zoonotic genotype of Giardia intestinalis detected in a ferret

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 179-182

  Abe, Niichiro ^a   Read, Carolyn ^b   Thompson, R C Andrew ^b   Iseki, Motohiro ^c  

^a OSAKA CITY INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GIARDIN PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOAL RNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

MUSTELID; PARASITOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PHYLOGENY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; GENETICS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZOONOSIS;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELINAE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FERRETS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 17844377044     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3405RN     Document Type: Article

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