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Multiple-subgenotype infections of Giardia intestinalis detected in Palestinian clinical cases using a subcloning approach.
Parasitology international - 1 Sept 2009
Hussein Amjad I A, Yamaguchi Tomohiro, Nakamoto Kentaro, Iseki Motohiro, Tokoro Masaharu
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the geographic distribution of Giardia intestinalis genotypes in Nablus, West Bank, Palestine, a genotyping study was performed using clinical fecal samples. Microscopic examination confirmed that 8 of 69 (11.6%) samples were G. intestinalis positive, and subsequent genotyping analyses targeting the small-subunit ribosomal RNA (18S rRNA) and glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) genes revealed the G....
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