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Correlation between the presence of symptoms and the Giardia duodenalis genotype.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Jan 2008
Sahagún J, Clavel A, Goñi P, Seral C, Llorente M T, Castillo F J, Capilla S, Arias A, Gómez-Lus R
Abstract excerpt
Clinical manifestations of Giardia duodenalis infection vary from asymptomatic infection to chronic diarrhoea. We study the correlation between the presence of symptoms and the G. duodenalis genotype in 108 patients with giardiasis. Patient age ranged from 2 to 72 years old. We found a correlation between assemblage AII and symptomatic infections, and between assemblage B and asymptomatic infections in the...
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