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Zoonotic potential and molecular epidemiology of Giardia species and giardiasis.
Clinical microbiology reviews - 1 Jan 2011
Feng Yaoyu, Xiao Lihua
Abstract excerpt
Molecular diagnostic tools have been used recently in assessing the taxonomy, zoonotic potential, and transmission of Giardia species and giardiasis in humans and animals. The results of these studies have firmly established giardiasis as a zoonotic disease, although host adaptation at the genotype and subtype levels has reduced the likelihood of zoonotic transmission. These studies have also identified...
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