Genotyping of Giardia isolates from humans in Japan using the small subunit ribosomal RNA and glutamate dehydrogenase gene sequences

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-58

  Abe, Niichiro ^c   Kimata, Isao ^a   Tokoro, Masaharu ^b  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka City IPHES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME DNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

EID: 15844421033     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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