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Genotyping of potentially zoonotic Giardia duodenalis from exotic and wild animals kept in captivity in Brazil.
Veterinary parasitology - 25 Aug 2011
Soares Rodrigo Martins, de Souza Sílvio Luís Pereira, Silveira Luciane Holsback, Funada Mikaela Renata, Richtzenhain Leonardo José, Gennari Solange M
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We have studied the variability of glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) and small subunit ribosomal (SSU) rRNA coding genes of Giardia species in fecal samples isolated from wild and exotic animals in Brazil, and compared with homologous sequences of isolates from human and domestic animals characterized in previous studies. Cysts of Giardia duodenalis were obtained from feces of naturally infected monkeys (Alouatta...
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