Molecular identification of Giardia duodenalis isolates from human and animal reservoirs by PCR-RFLP

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 896-901

  Fallah, Esmaeel ^a   Nahavandi, Kareem Hatam ^a   Jamali, Rasul ^a   Poor, Behroz Mahdari ^a   Asgharzadeh, Mohammad ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Domestic animals; Giardia duodenalis; Glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh); Humans; PCR RFLP

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; DISEASE CARRIER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; IRAN; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 60249086764     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2008.896.901     Document Type: Article

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