Publications

first molecular characterisation of cryptosporidium and giardia from bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) in victoria, australia.	we conducted a molecular epidemiological survey of cryptosporidium and giardia from bubalus bubalis (water buffalo) on two extensive farms (450 km apart) in victoria, australia. faecal samples (n=476) were collected from different age groups of water buffalo at two time points (six months apart) and tested using a pcr-based mutation scanning-targeted sequencing-phylogenetic approach, employing markers within the small subunit of ribosomal rna (designated pssu) and triose phosphate isomerase (ptp ...	2013	23886616
molecular-based investigation of cryptosporidium and giardia from animals in water catchments in southeastern australia.	there has been no large-scale systematic molecular epidemiological investigation of the waterborne protozoans, cryptosporidium or giardia, in southeastern australia. here, we explored, for the first time, the genetic composition of these genera in faecal samples from animals in nine melbourne water reservoir areas, collected over a period of two-years. we employed pcr-based single-strand conformation polymorphism (sscp) and phylogenetic analyses of loci (pssu and pgp60) in the small subunit (ssu ...	2012	23357792
identification of zoonotic giardia genotypes in marsupials in australia.	a total of 421 fecal samples from a variety of captive and wild marsupial hosts in western australia, victoria and south australia were screened for the presence of giardia species/genotypes using pcr and sequence analysis of a fragment of the 18s rrna gene. giardia spp. were identified in 13.4% (28/209) of samples from captive marsupials and 13.7% (29/212) of samples from wild marsupials. sequence analysis at the 18s locus identified the zoonotic giardia duodenalis genotypes a and b in both cap ...	2008	18579135
the incidence of giardia lamblia infestation of children in victoria.		1959	13812387