Diversity of Blastocystis subtypes in dogs in different geographical settings

Parasites and Vectors

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Wang, Wenqi ^a   Cuttell, Leigh ^a   Bielefeldt Ohmann, Helle ^a   Inpankaew, Tawin ^b,c   Owen, Helen ^a   Traub, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Dog; Epidemiology; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTOSIS; CAMBODIA; CAMBODIAN; DOG; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FECES; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CAMBODIA; CARRIER STATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIKKIM;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; PROTISTA;

EID: 84880356864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17563305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-3305-6-215     Document Type: Article

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