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Evaluation of molecular techniques to biotype Giardia duodenalis collected during an outbreak.
The Journal of parasitology - 1 Feb 2000
McIntyre L, Hoang L, Ong C S, Lee P, Isaac-Renton J L
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-seven Giardia duodenalis cyst-positive specimens (human, animal, or drinking water) were obtained from a waterborne outbreak in a community in British Columbia, western Canada. Parasite isolates were characterized using molecular techniques at 4 different steps of organism retrieval. None of the drinking water samples (n = 20) infected gerbils and none was successfully amplified using polymerase chain...
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