Molecular detection of Giardia contamination in water bodies in a zoo

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 857-859

  Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Lai, Monica M ^a   Mahdy, Mohammed A K ^a,b   Mat Naim, H R ^c   Smith, Huw V ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c ZOO Negara Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^d STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assemblages A and B; Environment; Giardia duodenalis cysts; Malaysia; Zoo

Indexed keywords

DNA;

HEALTH RISK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITIC DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER QUALITY; ZOO;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; LAKE; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SAMPLING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA SP.;

EID: 69849093032     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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