Application of genotyping during an extensive outbreak of waterborne giardiasis in Bergen, Norway, during autumn and winter 2004

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 2212-2217

  Robertson, L J ^a   Hermansen, L ^a   Gjerde, B K ^a   Strand, E ^b   Alvsvag J O ^b   Langeland, N ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; GENES; SEPTIC TANKS; SEWAGE;

GENOTYPING; GIARDIA CYSTS; SEWAGE LEAKAGE; WATERBORNE GIARDIASIS;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

GENOTYPE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CONTAMINATION; EPIDEMIC; GDH GENE; GENE; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORWAY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SAMPLING; SEPTIC TANK; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER ANALYSIS; WINTER;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NORWAY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; SOIL;

BERGEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HORDALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

GIARDIA;

EID: 33645026439     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.3.2212-2217.2006     Document Type: Article

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