Multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis reveals striking differences between assemblages A and B

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 38, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1523-1531

  Caccio S M ^a   Beck, R ^a,b   Lalle, M ^a   Marinculic, A ^b   Pozio, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Assemblage A; Assemblage B; Giardia duodenalis; Multilocus genotyping; Sequence heterogeneity; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFER RNA;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HETEROGENEITY; HOST SPECIFICITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DEER; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE DISEASES; PRIMATES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 53049106883     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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