Identification and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in children and cattle populations from the province of Álava, North of Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2011, Pages 101-108

  Cardona, Guillermo A ^a   Carabin, Hélène ^b   Goñi, Pilar ^c   Arriola, Larraitz ^d   Robinson, Guy ^e   Fernández Crespo, Juan C ^f   Clavel, Antonio ^c   Chalmers, Rachel M ^e   Carmena, David ^g  

^a Livestock Laboratory   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d Epidemiology Unit   (Spain)

^e SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f Basque Government   (Spain)

^g HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Humans; Spain; Transmission dynamics

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; HUMANS; SPAIN; TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA; STATISTICAL TESTS;

PROTOZOA;

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

CATTLE; CHILD; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IMMUNOASSAY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROTOZOAN; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AQUATIC SPORT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPROANTIGEN ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; CROSS REACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CYST (RESTING STAGE); ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PET ANIMAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ALAVA; BASQUE COUNTRY; SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84855854900     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.09.076     Document Type: Article

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