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Genetic diversity within the morphological species Giardia intestinalis and its relationship to host origin.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 May 2003
Monis Paul T, Andrews Ross H, Mayrhofer Graham, Ey Peter L
Abstract excerpt
A genetic analysis of Giardia intestinalis, a parasitic protozoan species that is ubiquitous in mammals worldwide, was undertaken using organisms derived from a variety of mammalian hosts in different geographical locations. The test panel of 53 Giardia isolates comprised 48 samples of G. intestinalis, including representatives of all known genetic subgroups, plus an isolate of G. ardeae and four isolates of G....
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