Molecular characterisation of Giardia duodenalis in captive non-human primates reveals mixed assemblage A and B infections and novel polymorphisms

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 1595-1601

  Levecke, Bruno ^a,b   Geldhof, Peter ^a   Claerebout, Edwin ^a   Dorny, Pierre ^a,c   Vercammen, Francis ^b   Cacciò, Simone M ^d   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Geurden, Thomas ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assemblage specific amplification; Giardia duodenalis; Multi locus sequencing; Non human primates; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

BETA GIARDIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; PARASITE; POLYMORPHISM; PRIMATE; ZOOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE DISEASE; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GIARDIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PRIMATE; ZOO ANIMAL;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PRIMATES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BELGIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PRIMATES;

EID: 70349774368     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.05.013     Document Type: Article

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