Antigenic detection of Giardia duodenalis in companion dogs of Ahvaz area, south-west of Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Mosallanejad, Bahman ^a   Avizeh, Reza ^a   Jalali, Mohammad Hossein Razi ^a   Alborzi, Ali Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID CHAMRAN UNIVERSITY OF AHVAZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ahvaz; Dog; Giardia duodenalis; Immunochromatography assay

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN;

AGE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLOTATION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77957766645     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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