High genetic polymorphism among Giardia duodenalis isolates from Sahrawi children

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 834-838

  Lalle, Marco ^a   Bruschi, Fabrizio ^b   Castagna, Barbara ^b   Campa, Mario ^b   Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Cacciò, Simone M ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; Epidemiology; Giardia duodenalis; Giardiasis; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; SCHOOL CHILD; WESTERN SAHARA;

ADOLESCENT; ALGERIA; ANIMALS; CHILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 67650074092     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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