Molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis isolated from Semai Pahang Orang Asli (Peninsular Malaysia aborigines)

Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1237-1241

  Mohammed Mahdy, A K ^a,c   Surin, Johari ^a   Mohd Adnan, A ^b   Wan, K L ^b   Lim, Y A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Assemblage B; Genotypes; Giardia duodenalis; Semai Pahang Orang Asli

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR RNA; RIBOSOME RNA; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CYST; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAINING; TRICHOME;

ANIMALS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FECES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 70350569203     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182009990527     Document Type: Article

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