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[Genotyping of Giardia intestinalis strains isolated from humans in Aydin, Turkey].
Mikrobiyoloji bulteni - 1 Jan 2016
Ertuğ Sema, Ertabaklar Hatice, Özlem Çalışkan Serçin, Malatyalı Erdoğan, Bozdoğan Bülent
Abstract excerpt
Giardia intestinalis which is a flagellate, intestinal protozoon of humans and a variety of mammalian species, shows worldwide distribution. To date, eight genotypes of the parasite have been identified. Among these genotypes, assemblage A and B have zoonotic characteristics with low host specificity, thus they are responsible for the human infections. The aim of this study was to identify G.intestinalis...
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