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First molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis from goats in Malaysia.
Molecular and cellular probes - 1 Feb 2013
Lim Yvonne A L, Mahdy Mohammed A K, Tan Tiong K, Goh Xiang T, Jex Aaron R, Nolan Matthew J, Sharma Reuben S K, Gasser Robin B
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, 310 faecal samples from goats from eight different farms in Malaysia were tested for the presence of Giardia using a PCR-coupled approach. The nested PCR for SSU amplified products of the expected size (∼200 bp) from 21 of 310 (6.8%) samples. Sixteen of these 21 products could be sequenced successfully and represented six distinct sequence types. Phylogenetic analysis of the SSU sequence...
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