Molecular epidemiology of giardiasis

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-80

  Cacciò, Simone M ^a   Ryan, Una ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allelic sequence heterozygosity; Giardia duodenalis; Meiotic recombination; Molecular genotyping; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 50049135646     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molbiopara.2008.04.006     Document Type: Review

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