Mixed Giardia duodenalis assemblage A and E infections in calves

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-264

  Geurden, T ^a   Geldhof, P ^a   Levecke, B ^a   Martens, C ^a   Berkvens, D ^b   Casaert, S ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a   Claerebout, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Cattle; Giardia; Mixed infections; Molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

BETA GIARDIN; PROTEIN; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CATTLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; JUVENILE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BEEF CATTLE; BELGIUM; CALF (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSES;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BOS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 37249011505     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2007.07.016     Document Type: Article

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