Variation in Giardia: towards a taxonomic revision of the genus

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-100

  Monis, Paul T ^a   Caccio, Simone M ^b   Thompson, R C Andrew ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HOST RANGE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 59349113919     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2008.11.006     Document Type: Review

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