Giardia duodenalis genotypes and Cryptosporidium species in humans and domestic animals in Côte d'Ivoire: Occurrence and evidence for environmental contamination

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 191-195

  Berrilli, Federica ^a   D'Alfonso, Rossella ^a,b   Giangaspero, Annunziata ^c   Marangi, Marianna ^c   Brandonisio, Olga ^d   Kaboré, Yolande ^b   Glé, Christoph ^b   Cianfanelli, Cristina ^a   Lauro, Renato ^a   Di Cave, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Centre Don Orione Pour Handicapés Physiques   (Côte d’Ivoire)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

C te d'Ivoire; Cryptosporidium spp.; Environmental contamination; Giardia duodenalis; Molecular characterization; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

DYE; RIBOSOME DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOG; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DUCK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GOAT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COTE D'IVOIRE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOGS; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

ANAS; ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CAPRA HIRCUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GALLUS GALLUS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84857041492     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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