Gorillas are a host for Dientamoeba fragilis: An update on the life cycle and host distribution

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-26

  Stark, Damien ^a   Phillips, Owen ^a   Peckett, Donna ^b   Munro, Ursula ^c   Marriott, Deborah ^a   Harkness, John ^a   Ellis, John ^c  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Gungahlin Veterinary Hospital   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Dientamoeba fragilis; Host distribution; Mammalian host

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIENTAMOEBA; FECES ANALYSIS; GORILLA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RANGE; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA GENE; SYMPTOM; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; APE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GORILLA GORILLA; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE;

EID: 37849001786     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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