Genetic characterization by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD) of 18 isolates of Giardia lamblia obtained from day care children

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 104, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 162-166

  Pelayo, Liliana ^a   Fraga, Jorge ^a   Núñez, Fidel A ^a   Mendoza, Daymaris ^a   Torres, Dinorah R ^b   Finlay, Carlos M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b CENTER FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Cuba)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; EDETIC ACID; ETHER; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DAY CARE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SYMPTOM; THAWING; TROPHOZOITE;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0141750579     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2003.08.003     Document Type: Article

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