Prevalence and genetic characterization of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in cats from Italy

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-399

  Paoletti, Barbara ^a   Otranto, Domenico ^b   Weigl, Stefania ^b   Giangaspero, Annunziata ^c   Cesare, Angela Di ^a   Traversa, Donato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cat; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Immunofluorescence; PCR; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAT; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SUBSTITUTION LINE;

ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; ITALY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FELIDAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 80555132005     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: 15322661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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