Distribution of Giardia duodenalis assemblages a and B among children living in a remote indigenous community of the Northern Territory, Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Asher, Amy J ^a   Holt, Deborah C ^b   Andrews, Ross M ^b   Power, Michelle L ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RNA 18S; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSEMBLAGE A; GENETIC ASSEMBLAGE B; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE GENE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE LOAD; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SCHOOL CHILD; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; FECES; GENETICS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S;

EID: 84912016620     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112058     Document Type: Article

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