A large survey of Croatian wild mammals for Giardia duodenalis reveals a low prevalence and limited zoonotic potential

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1049-1055

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

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Giardia duodenalis; Giardia microti; Molecular typing; Prevalence; Wild mammals; Zoonotic potential

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

BEAR; CARNIVORE; CROATIA; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FOX; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIA MICROTI; HARE; JACKAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RED DEER; REVIEW; RIBOSOME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WILD ANIMAL; WILD BOAR; WOLF; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CANIDAE; CROATIA; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DEER; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HARES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 5.8S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUS SCROFA; URSIDAE; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS AUREUS; CANIS LUPUS; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA MICROTI; LEPUS; MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA; URSUS ARCTOS; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 80051522259     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0113     Document Type: Review

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