Molecular epidemiology of cross-species Giardia duodenalis transmission in Western Uganda

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Johnston, Amanda R ^a   Gillespie, Thomas R ^b   Rwego, Innocent B ^c   McLachlan, Traci L Tranby ^a   Kent, Angela D ^a   Goldberg, Tony L ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT ANIMAL; AGED; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLADISTICS; COLOBINAE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; GOAT; HUMAN; LIVESTOCK; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHEEP; SPECIES HABITAT; SUBADULT; UGANDA; ADULT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HAPLORHINI; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWBORN; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955285633     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000683     Document Type: Article

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