First molecular characterisation of Cryptosporidium and Giardia from Bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) in Victoria, Australia

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-102

  Abeywardena, Harshanie ^a   Jex, Aaron R ^a   von Samson Himmelstjerna, Georg ^b   Haydon, Shane R ^c   Stevens, Melita A ^c   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Inst Parasitol and Trop Vet Med   (Germany)

^c MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bubalus bubalis; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Restriction endonuclease fingerprinting (REF); Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis; Zoonotic potential

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM RYANAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRIOSE PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER BUFFALO;

BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BOVIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

BUBALUS BUBALIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE FINGERPRINTING (REF); SINGLE-STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM (SSCP) ANALYSIS; ZOONOTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BUFFALOES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84883648085     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2013.07.019     Document Type: Article

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