Multilocus genotyping of human giardia isolates suggests limited zoonotic transmission and association between assemblage B and flatulence in children

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Lebbad, Marianne ^a,b   Petersson, Ingvor ^c   Karlsson, Lillemor ^d   Botero Kleiven, Silvia ^a   Andersson, Jan O ^e   Svenungsson, Bo ^c   Svärd, Staffan G ^b,f  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; BETA GIARDIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; INFUSION FLUID; METRONIDAZOLE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TINIDAZOLE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENT; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GIARDIN PROTEIN, GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; BETA GIARDIN GENE; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; BOVIDS; BOWEL MOVEMENT; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAT; CHILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTEROBIASIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLATULENCE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; HEMATOCHEZIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYMENOLEPIASIS; INFANT; INTESTINE MOTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHIGELLOSIS; SWEDEN; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL; TRICHURIASIS; TRIOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE GENE; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ZOONOSIS; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; FLATULENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SWEDEN; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 80052425140     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001262     Document Type: Article

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