Article
Limited intra-genetic diversity in Dientamoeba fragilis housekeeping genes.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2013
Stensvold Christen Rune, Clark C Graham, Röser Dennis
Abstract excerpt
Dientamoeba fragilis is a common intestinal parasite of unsettled clinical significance. Differences in clinical outcome of parasitic infections may reflect parasite genetic diversity, and so tools to study intra-genetic diversity that could potentially reflect differences in clinical phenotypes are warranted. Here, we show that genetic analysis of three D. fragilis housekeeping genes enables clear distinction...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Cluster Analysis
- DNA, Protozoan
- Dientamoeba
- Dientamoebiasis
- Feces
- Genes, Protozoan
- Genetic Variation
- Genotype