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Novel and canine genotypes of Giardia duodenalis in harbor seals ( Phoca vitulina richardsi).
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Dec 2008
Gaydos J K, Miller W A, Johnson C, Zornetzer H, Melli A, Packham A, Jeffries S J, Lance M M, Conrad P A
Abstract excerpt
Feces of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) and hybrid glaucous-winged/western gulls (Larus glaucescens / occidentalis) from Washington State's inland marine waters were examined for Giardia and Cryptosporidium spp. to determine if genotypes carried by these wildlife species were the same genotypes that commonly infect humans and domestic animals. Using immunomagnetic separation followed by direct...
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