Subtype distribution of Blastocystis isolates from synanthropic and zoo animals and identification of a new subtype

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 473-479

  Stensvold, C Rune ^a   Alfellani, Mohammed A ^b   Nørskov Lauritsen, Sara ^a   Prip, Katrine ^a   Victory, Emma L ^b   Maddox, Charlotte ^c   Nielsen, Henrik V ^a   Clark, C Graham ^b  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Epidemiology; PCR; Phylogeny; Subtypes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOST SPECIFICITY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; PROTOZOAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZOO;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, ZOO; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CATTLE; DEER; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FECES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATES; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; SHEEP; SWINE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58849119916     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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