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SUBMITTER: Shin JC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4566509 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shin Jin-Cheol JC Reyes Alisha Wehdnesday Bernardo AW Kim Sang-Hun SH Kim Suk S Park Hyung-Jin HJ Seo Kyoung-Won KW Song Kun-Ho KH
The Korean journal of parasitology 20150825 4
Giardia is a major public health concern and considered as reemerging in industrialized countries. The present study investigated the prevalence of giardiosis in 202 sheltered dogs using PCR. The infection rate was 33.2% (67/202); Gyeongsangbuk-do and Daejeon showed 25.7% (39/152, P<0.0001) and 56% (28/50), respectively. The prevalence of infected female dogs (46.7%, P<0.001) was higher than in male dogs (21.8%). A higher prevalence (43.5%, P<0.0001) was observed in mixed breed dogs than purebre ...[more]