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First genetic characterisation of Giardia in human isolates from Jordan.
Parasitology research - 1 Oct 2016
Hijjawi Nawal, Yang Rongchang, Mukbel Rami, Yassin Yasmeen, Mharib Taghrid, Ryan Una
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the epidemiology of Giardia in Jordan and to date, no genotyping studies have been conducted on Giardia isolates from Jordanians. In the present study, a total of 49 microscopy-positive faecal samples from Jordanian patients suffering from giardiasis were analysed at two loci: the triose phosphate isomerase (tpi) gene and the glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh) gene. At the tpi locus, a total of...
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