Multilocus genotyping of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in non-outbreak related cases of diarrhoea in human patients in Belgium

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1161-1168

  Geurden, T ^a   Levecke, B ^a,d   Cacci, S M ^c   Visser, A ^a   De Groote, G ^b   Casaert, S ^a   Vercruysse, J ^a   Claerebout, E ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b CRI Medical Laboratory   (Belgium)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Human; Multilocus; Prevalence; Risk factors; Species specific; Sporadic

Indexed keywords

BETA GIARDIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOPROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GIARDIASIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

EID: 70350036191     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009990436     Document Type: Article

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