Giardia duodenalis: Genetic recombination and its implications for taxonomy and molecular epidemiology

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-112

  Cacciò, Simone M ^a   Sprong, Hein ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Flagellates; Giardia; Molecular epidemiology; Protozoa; Recombination; Sex; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GIARDIAVIRUS; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 72649103253     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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