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Giardia duodenalis assemblage A: new genotype in non-human primates from the Brazilian Amazon region revealed by high-resolution MLST
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - 1 Jan 2026
Dos Reis Lisiane Lappe, de Souza Lirna Salvioni Silva, Antunes Maria Gabriela Rodrigues, Nava Alessandra Ferreira Dales, Vicente Ana Carolina Paulo
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BACKGROUND: Giardia duodenalis is an intestinal protozoan parasite that infects a wide range of vertebrate hosts, including humans, and is the etiological agent of giardiasis. Within this species, assemblage A is further subdivided into three sub-assemblages: AI, AII, and AIII. OBJECTIVES: To apply the high-resolution multilocus sequence typing (MLST) to perform molecular epidemiology of G. duodenalis assemblage...
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