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Molecular diagnosis and genotype analysis of Giardia duodenalis in asymptomatic children from a rural area in central Colombia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jun 2015
Ramírez Juan David, Heredia Rubén Darío, Hernández Carolina, León Cielo M, Moncada Ligia Inés, Reyes Patricia, Pinilla Análida Elizabeth, Lopez Myriam Consuelo
Abstract excerpt
Giardiasis is a parasitic infection that affects around 200 million people worldwide. This parasite presents a remarkable genetic variability observed in 8 genetic clusters named as 'assemblages' (A-H). These assemblages are host restricted and could be zoonotic where A and B infect humans and animals around the globe. The knowledge of the molecular epidemiology of human giardiasis in South-America is scarce and...
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