Multiple-subgenotype infections of Giardia intestinalis detected in Palestinian clinical cases using a subcloning approach

Parasitology International

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-262

  Hussein, Amjad I A ^a,b   Yamaguchi, Tomohiro ^a   Nakamoto, Kentaro ^a   Iseki, Motohiro ^a   Tokoro, Masaharu ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Giardia intestinalis; Intraspecific diversity; Mixed infection; Palestine; Subcloning

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; YOUNG ADULT;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 67650465279     PISSN: 13835769     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parint.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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