Prevalence and genotyping of human isolates of Giardia duodenalis from Albania

Parasitology International

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 295-297

  Berrilli, F ^a   Di Cave, D ^a   D'Orazi, C ^b   Orecchia, P ^a   Xhelilaj, L ^c   Bejko, D ^c   Caca P ^c   Bebeci, D ^c   Cenko, F ^d   Donia, D ^a   Divizia, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CENTER MOTHER TERESA   (Albania)

^d Albanian Child Survival Project   (Albania)

Author keywords

Albania; Genotyping; Giardia duodenalis; Humans

Indexed keywords

ALBANIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALBANIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; FECES; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 33750994932     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2006.06.002     Document Type: Article

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