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A shotgun metagenomic analysis of the fecal microbiome in humans infected with Giardia duodenalis.
Parasites & vectors - 18 Jul 2023
McGregor Brett A, Razmjou Elham, Hooshyar Hossein, Seeger Drew R, Golovko Svetlana A, Golovko Mikhail Y, Singer Steven M, Hur Junguk, Solaymani-Mohammadi Shahram
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BACKGROUND: The mechanisms underlying the clinical outcome disparity during human infection with Giardia duodenalis are still unclear. In recent years, evidence has pointed to the roles of host factors as well as parasite's genetic heterogeneity as major contributing factors in the development of symptomatic human giardiasis. However, it remains contested as to how only a small fraction of individuals infected...
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