Giardiasis in native marsupials of Tasmania.
Tasmanian native marsupials were screened for the presence of Giardia spp. over a 3 yr period, revealing a 21% prevalence in the 295 animals tested. A pilot study of experimentally infected eastern barred bandicoots (Perameles gunnii) indicated susceptibility to infection with Giardia duodenalis from a human source.
Bettiol
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SS
Division of Pathology, Clinical School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
Kettlewell
J S
JS
Davies
N J
NJ
Goldsmid
J M
JM
D000818:Animals; D000953:Antigens, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005243:Feces / Q000469:parasitology; D005872:Giardia / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006801:Humans; D008394:Marsupialia / Q000469:parasitology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015995:Prevalence; D013648:Tasmania / Q000453:epidemiology
D000953:Antigens, Protozoan