Sequence analysis of the beta-giardin gene and development of a polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism assay to genotype Giardia duodenalis cysts from human faecal samples.

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The flagellate parasite Giardia duodenalis is a major cause of diarrhoea in humans and in animals worldwide. Molecular techniques are particularly useful for studying the taxonomy, the population structure, the zoonotic potential of animal isolates, and the correlation between the genetic variability of the parasite and the range of clinical symptoms observed in humans. In this work, a new PCR assay that targets...

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