The molecular characterisation of Giardia from dogs in southern Germany

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 33-38

  Leonhard, S ^a   Pfister, K ^a   Beelitz, P ^a   Wielinga, C ^b   Thompson, R C A ^b  

^a Institut fur Vergleichende Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie   (Germany)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dogs; Genotyping; Germany; Giardia duodenalis; Urban areas; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; DOG; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; GERMANY; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 35649023652     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.034     Document Type: Article

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