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Frequency of Giardia duodenalis infection and its genetic variability in dogs in Cuiabá, Midwest Brazil.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 31 Dec 2020
Paim Arruda Trevisan Yolanda, Do Bom Parto Ferreira de Almeida Arleana, Nakazato Luciano, Dos Anjos Pacheco Thabata, Iglesias de Souza Jéssica, Henrique Canei Darlan, Elisa Pereira Mariana, Oliveira Maia Maerle, Campos Pacheco Richard, Régia Franco Sousa Val Éria
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INTRODUCTION: Giardia duodenalis, a unicellular, eukaryotic, and flagellated protozoan, presents two evolutionary forms in its life cycle, namely, trophozoites and cysts. It causes diarrhea in humans, dogs, cats, rodents, and ungulates. Despite being morphologically similar, the isolates of G. duodenalis are genetically diverse, affecting the stability and unanimity of taxonomic classification. Since different...
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