Molecular characterization of Giardia intestinalis haplotypes in marine animals: Variation and zoonotic potential

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-51

  Lasek Nesselquist, Erica ^a,b   Bogomolni, Andrea L ^c   Gast, Rebecca J ^c   Welch, David Mark ^b   Ellis, Julie C ^d   Sogin, Mitchell L ^b   Moore, Michael J ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Giardia intestinalis; Marine birds; Marine mammals; Thresher shark; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE VECTOR; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE MAMMAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; SEABIRD; SHARK;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HAPLOTYPE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SEAL; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HAPLOTYPES; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPEDIA; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; VARIATION (GENETICS); ZOONOSES;

ALOPIAS VULPINUS; ALOPIINAE (ELASMOBRANCH); ANIMALIA; AVES; CETACEA; CHONDRICHTHYES; CLUPEIDAE; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PHOCOENIDAE; SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 52249093056     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao01931     Document Type: Article

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