Epidemiological and molecular evidence supports the zoonotic transmission of Giardia among humans and dogs living in the same community

Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-262

  Traub, R J ^a   Monis, P T ^b   Robertson, I ^a   Irwin, P ^a   Mencke, N ^c   Thompson, R C A ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c BAYER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dogs; Giardia; India; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA DETERMINATION; DOG; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOUSEHOLD; INDIA; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 1842555132     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182003004505     Document Type: Article

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