Molecular epidemiology of Blastocystis in pigs and their in-contact humans in Southeast Queensland, Australia, and Cambodia

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 264-269

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blastocystis; Epidemiology; Pig; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; HOST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PREVALENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; PROTISTA; SUIDAE;

BLASTOCYSTIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PIG; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS INFECTIONS; CAMBODIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; SWINE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84901612209     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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