Detection and molecular characterization of Giardia isolated from recreational lake water in Malaysia

Parasitology Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 289-291

  Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Ramasame, Sharmila D ^a   Mahdy, Mohammed A K ^a,b   Sulaiman, Wan Yusoff W ^a   Smith, Huw V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKE WATER; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; GIARDIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MALAYSIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 71449125953     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-009-1602-y     Document Type: Article

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