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Uncovering the genetic diversity of Giardia intestinalis in isolates from outbreaks in New Zealand.
Infectious diseases of poverty - 4 May 2022
Ogbuigwe Paul, Biggs Patrick J, Garcia-Ramirez Juan Carlos, Knox Matthew A, Pita Anthony, Velathanthiri Niluka, French Nigel P, Hayman David T S
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BACKGROUND: Giardia intestinalis is one of the most common causes of diarrhoea worldwide. Molecular techniques have greatly improved our understanding of the taxonomy and epidemiology of this parasite. Co-infection with mixed (sub-) assemblages has been reported, however, Sanger sequencing is sometimes unable to identify shared subtypes between samples involved in the same epidemiologically linked event, due to...
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