Giardia intestinalis: New insights on an old pathogen

Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Andersen, Marnie D ^a,b   Neumann, Norman F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Giardia intestinalis; Molecular epidemiology; Parasite; Waterborne disease; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE; ALBENDAZOLE; BENZIMIDAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; MEPACRINE; METRONIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MALABSORPTION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TAXONOMY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 36248957105     PISSN: 0954139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MRM.0b013e3282f16c1c     Document Type: Review

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