Sheep may not be an important zoonotic reservoir for Cryptosporidium and Giardia parasites

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 4992-4997

  Ryan, Una M ^a   Bath, Caroline ^a   Robertson, Ian ^a   Read, Carolyn ^a   Elliot, Aileen ^a   Mcinnes, Linda ^a   Traub, Rebecca ^a   Besier, Brown ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEALTH CARE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PORTS AND HARBORS; WATERSHEDS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GENOTYPES; GIARADIA PARASITES;

BACTERIA;

DNA;

HEALTH RISK; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SHEEP;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HEALTH HAZARD; INFECTION RISK; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE VECTOR; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHEEP; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; ZOONOSES;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; GIARDIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 25144498020     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.4992-4997.2005     Document Type: Article

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