Prevalence and molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis from sheep in central Italy

Parasitology Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 32-37

  Giangaspero, Annunziata ^a   Paoletti, Barbara ^b   Iorio, Raffaella ^b   Traversa, Donato ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GIARDIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; ITALY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ITALY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 18744379756     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-1317-7     Document Type: Article

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