Cryptosporidium and Giardia in marine-foraging river otters (Lontra canadensis) from the Puget Sound Georgia Basin ecosystem

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 198-202

  Gaydos, J K ^a   Miller, W A ^a   Gilardi, K V K ^a   Melli, A ^a   Schwantje, H ^b   Engelstoft, C ^c   Fritz, H ^a   Conrad, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^c Alula Biological Consulting   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S; ZINC SULFATE;

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; HEALTH RISK; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MUSTELID; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LONTRA CANADENSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GENETICS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; PUGET SOUND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRA CANADENSIS; MUSTELA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; OTTERS; RISK FACTORS; WASHINGTON; ZOONOSES;

EID: 34247188072     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-928R.1     Document Type: Article

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