High prevalence Giardia duodenalis assemblage B and potentially zoonotic subtypes in sporadic human cases in Western Australia

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 293-297

  Yang, Rongchang ^a   Lee, Jeremy ^a   Ng, Josephine ^a   Ryan, Una ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Giardia 18S rRNA Assemblage A2 Assemblage B3 Assemblage B4 Zoonotic

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 18S;

AMINO ACID; DISEASE PREVALENCE; PARASITE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE LOCUS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENES, RRNA; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 77649273967     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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