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Identification of zoonotic Cryptosporidium and Giardia genotypes infecting animals in Sydney's water catchments.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Jun 2011
Ng Josephine, Yang Rongchang, Whiffin Vicky, Cox Peter, Ryan Una
Abstract excerpt
To identify the animal sources for Cryptosporidium and Giardia contamination, we genotyped Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. in wildlife from Sydney's water catchments using sequence analysis at the 18S rRNA locus for Cryptosporidium and 18S rRNA and glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) for Giardia. A total of 564 faecal samples from 16 different host species were analysed. Cryptosporidium was identified in 8.5% (48/564)...
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