Comparing four diagnostic tests for Giardia duodenalis in dogs using latent class analysis
Parasites & Vectors, 2018 Background To accurately diagnose giardiosis in dogs, knowledge of diagnostic test characteristics and expected prevalence are required. The aim of this work was to estimate test characteristics (sensitivity and specificity) of four commonly used ...
Mathilde Uiterwijk +6 more
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Cryptosporidium cuniculus and Giardia duodenalis in rabbits: genetic diversity and possible zoonotic transmission. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Cryptosporidium and Giardia are the two important zoonotic pathogens causing diarrhea of humans and animals worldwide. Considering the human cryptosporidiosis outbreak and sporadic cases caused by C.
Weizhe Zhang +9 more
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Parasites & Vectors, 2022 Background Giardia duodenalis is a common parasitic diarrheal agent in humans, especially in developing countries. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence and multilocus genetic characterization of G.
Yanchen Wu +7 more
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Echinococcus, Giardia and Cryptosporidium: observational studies challenging accepted dogma [PDF]
, 2009 The development of in vitro culture systems that allow the maintenance, and support the development of Echinococcus, Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the laboratory have had a significant impact on their biology and taxonomy and the epidemiology of ...
Thompson, R.C.A.
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First record of Giardia assemblage D infection in farmed raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides)
Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, 2016 The presence of Giardia genotypes was investigated in 18 raccoon dogs ( Nyctereutes procyonoides ) and 80 red foxes ( Vulpes vulpes ) on one farm. To demonstrate Giardia cysts, fresh and trichrome stained smears were microscopically screened.
Piotr Solarczyk +5 more
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Risk factors for infection with Giardia duodenalis in pre-school children in the city of Salvador, Brazil. [PDF]
, 2003 A cross-sectional study of 694 children aged 2 to 45 months selected from 30 clusters throughout the city of Salvador, Bahia (pop. 2.3 million) was carried out as part of a longitudinal study of diarrhoea in order to identify risk factors for infection ...
Barreto, ML +5 more
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in diarrhoeic patients in the Qikiqtani Region, Nunavut, Canada [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2015 Background: Although the prevalences of infection with the protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in humans appear to be relatively high in the Canadian North, their transmission patterns are poorly understood.
Asma Iqbal +3 more
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Pakistan Veterinary Journal, 2022 Intestinal parasites are of great economic importance in livestock. However, scarcity of data has been found about the prevalence of four important intestinal parasites including Cryptosporidium sp., Giardia duodenalis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi and ...
Xiu P. Chen
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Isoenzyme electrophoresis of 30 isolates of Giardia from humans and felines [PDF]
, 1988 Thirty isolates of Giardia duodenalis from humans and felines were compared by isoenzyme electrophoresis. Using 10 enzyme systems, 13 different zymodemes were distinguished. The majority of zymodemes could be divided into two groups: one group comprising
Lymbery, A.J. +2 more
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Prevalence and multilocus genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in Holstein cattle in Yunnan, China
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2022 Giardia duodenalis is an important zoonotic protozoon, which can infect a variety of animals, causing diarrhea and even death of animals or humans. Dairy cattle have been implicated as important sources of human G. duodenalis.
Z. Heng +7 more
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