Occurrence and genotype of Giardia cysts isolated from faecal samples of children and dogs and from drinking water samples in an aboriginal area of central Taiwan

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 204-209

  Liang, Chao hua ^a,b   Tsaihong, John Chin ^b   Cheng, Ya yin ^c   Peng, Shih yi ^c  

^a Health Bureau   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dogs; Drinking water; Genotyping; Giardia duodenalis; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DEMOGRAPHY; DOG; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATURAL SPRING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; TAIWAN;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRINKING WATER; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TAIWAN;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84861480171     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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