Identification of zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia genotypes infecting animals in Sydney's water catchments

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 128, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 138-144

  Ng, Josephine ^a   Yang, Rongchang ^a   Whiffin, Vicky ^b   Cox, Peter ^c   Ryan, Una ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sydney Catchment Authority   (Australia)

^c SYDNEY WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Catchment; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Zoonotic genotypes

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATCHMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 79954420958     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2011.02.013     Document Type: Article

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