| 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 |
| novel lineages of giardia intestinalis identified by genetic analysis of organisms isolated from dogs in australia. | infection of suckling mice with giardia trophozoites recovered from the intestines of 11 dogs autopsied in central and southern australia in each case produced an established isolate. in contrast, only 1 isolate was obtained by inoculation of faecal cysts. the organisms grew poorly in comparison with isolates from humans or non-canine animal hosts. light microscopy revealed that the trophozoites had median bodies with the 'claw hammer' appearance typical of g. intestinalis (syn. g. duodenalis, g ... | 1998 | 9481769 |
| giardia carriage in aboriginal and non-aboriginal children attending urban day-care centres in south australia. | a survey of giardia lamblia prevalence was carried out in adelaide, south australia, among aboriginal and non-aboriginal children attending day-care centres. a single-stool examination in 178 children aged 6 years and under revealed an overall prevalence rate of 10.7% with all carriers being 1-4 years of age. within this age group, giardia prevalence among aboriginal children (11/32) was significantly higher than that among non-aboriginal children (eight of 99) (chi-square analysis, p less than ... | 1988 | 3228399 |