Identification of zoonotic genotypes of Giardia duodenalis

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Sprong, Hein ^a   Cacciò, Simone M ^b   Van Der Giessen, Joke W B ^a  

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

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CAT; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; DOG; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GOAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; SHEEP; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GOATS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SHEEP; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 74549188438     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000558     Document Type: Article

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