The molecular epidemiology of Giardia lamblia: A sequence-based approach

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 233-236

  Baruch, Amy C ^b   Isaac Renton, Judith ^b   Adam, Rodney D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA PROBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; GERBIL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030056215     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/174.1.233     Document Type: Article

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