Prevalence and molecular typing of Giardia spp. in captive mammals at the zoo of Zagreb, Croatia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 40-46

  Beck, Relja ^a   Sprong, Hein ^b   Bata, Ingeborg ^c   Lucinger, Snjezana ^d   Pozio, Edoardo ^e   Cacciò, Simone M ^e  

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

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

^c Zagreb Zoo   (Croatia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Captive mammals; Giardia duodenalis; Giardia microti; Molecular typing; Zoonotic potential

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 2; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; CYST (RESTING STAGE); EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FECES ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIMATE; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; CROATIA; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MAMMALS; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA MICROTI; HYRACOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PRIMATES; RODENTIA;

EID: 78649470608     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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