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New multilocus genotypes of Giardia lamblia human isolates.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Oct 2017
Faria Clarissa Perez, Zanini Graziela Maria, Dias Gisele Silva, da Silva Sidnei, Sousa Maria do Céu
Abstract excerpt
Giardia lamblia is considered a species complex, whose members show little differences in their morphology, but have remarkable genetic variability. The aim of this study was to identify inter- and intra-assemblage genetic variation in G. lamblia among patients in Rio de Janeiro. The parasitological study was performed on faeces, and DNA was extracted from the samples which tested positive for G. lamblia. The...
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