Presence and molecular characterisation of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in alpacas (Vicugna pacos) from Peru

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 187, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 414-420

  Gómez Couso, Hipólito ^a,b   Ortega Mora, Luis M ^a   Aguado Martínez, Adriana ^a   Rosadio Alcántara, Raúl ^c,d   Maturrano Hernández, Lenin ^c,d   Luna Espinoza, Luis ^d   Zanabria Huisa, Víctor ^e   Pedraza Díaz, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^d c o CONOPA Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Camélidos Sudamericanos   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL ALTIPLANO   (Peru)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Immunofluorescence microscopy; Molecular characterisation; Peru; Vicugna pacos

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR MARKER; RIBOSOME RNA;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM UBIQUITUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRAIT; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HERD; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERU; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; PERU; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; VICUGNA PACOS;

EID: 84862492197     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.01.025     Document Type: Article

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