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Genomic comparisons confirm Giardia duodenalis sub-assemblage AII as a unique species.
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology - 1 Jan 2022
Seabolt Matthew H, Roellig Dawn M, Konstantinidis Konstantinos T
Abstract excerpt
Giardia duodenalis is a parasitic flagellated protozoan which infects a wide range of mammalian hosts, including humans, and is subdivided into at least eight genetic assemblages commonly thought to represent cryptic species. Molecular studies have shown that G. duodenalis assemblage A, which parasitizes humans and animals, contains several phylogenetically distinct groupings known as sub-assemblages. Molecular...
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