Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis among children and dogs in a closed socially deprived community from Italy

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 57, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages

  Marangi, M ^a   Berrilli, F ^b   Otranto, D ^c   Giangaspero, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Dogs; Giardia; Italy; Rom community; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POVERTY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 78649678669     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2009.01304.x     Document Type: Article

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