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Molecular analysis of household transmission of Giardia lamblia in a region of high endemicity in Peru.
The Journal of infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2010
Cooper Margarethe A, Sterling Charles R, Gilman Robert H, Cama Vitaliano, Ortega Ynes, Adam Rodney D
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BACKGROUND: Giardia lamblia is ubiquitous in multiple communities of nonindustrialized nations. Genotypes A1, A2, and B (Nash groups 1, 2, and 3, respectively) are found in humans, whereas genotypes C and D are typically found in dogs. However, genotypes A and B have occasionally been identified...
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