Article
Genetic diversity of Giardia intestinalis populations in Colombia.
Biomedica : revista del Instituto Nacional de Salud - 1 Mar 2007
Ravid Zaava, Duque Sofía, Arévalo Adriana, Nicholls Rubén Santiago, Wasserman Moisés
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Giardia intestinalis is a protozoan parasite that causes a gastrointestinal infection known as giardiosis, which is transmitted primarily through fecal-oral contamination. Genetic studies of axenically cultivated Giardia isolates have identified two major genetic groups distributed throughout the world. In the present study 24 native strains of the parasite were analyzed by the RAPD technique...
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