Prevalence and genotyping of zoonotic Giardia from Fayoum Governorate, Egypt

Research Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Sabry, Maha A ^a   Taher, E S ^b   Meabed, E M H ^c  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

^c Fayoum University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Genotype; Giardia; Human calve; Immunoblot; Nested; PCR

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

GIARDIA;

EID: 75749131065     PISSN: 18164943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jp.2009.105.114     Document Type: Article

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