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Giardia duodenalis: genotypic comparison between a human and a canine isolates.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
Gomes Karina Braga, Fernandes Ana Paula, Menezes Aline, Amorim Júnior Ronaldo, Silva Edward Félix, Rocha Miriam Oliveira
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INTRODUCTION: Evidence suggests that giardiasis is a zoonotic disease. The present work aimed to evaluate the genetic identity of Giardia duodenalis isolated from human and dog fecal samples from Belo Horizonte. METHODS: Human and dog fecal samples were cultured for isolation of G. duodenalis. To determine the genotype of the isolates, primers that amplify a specific region in rRNA of the protozoan were used....
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