Genotyping giardia duodenalis isolates from dogs: Lessons from a multilocus sequence typing study

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 206-213

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

^a CROATIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

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

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dogs; Giardia duodenalis; Mixed infection; Multilocus genotyping; Recombination; Zoonotic transmission

Indexed keywords

BETA GIARDIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CROATIA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOG; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; COINFECTION; CROATIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; ZOONOSES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84859805626     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0751     Document Type: Article

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