Article
Genetic diversity of Giardia duodenalis: multilocus genotyping reveals zoonotic potential between clinical and environmental sources in a metropolitan region of Brazil.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Durigan Mauricio, Abreu Aluana Gonçalves, Zucchi Maria Imaculada, Franco Regina Maura Bueno, de Souza Anete Pereira
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Giardia duodenalis is a flagellate protozoan that parasitizes humans and several other mammals. Protozoan contamination has been regularly documented at important environmental sites, although most of these studies were performed at the species level. There is a lack of studies that correlate environmental contamination and clinical infections in the same region. The aim of this study is to evaluate...
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