Prevalence and clinical correlations of genetic subtypes of Giardia lamblia in an urban setting

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1459-1467

  Breathnach, A S ^a   McHugh, T D ^b   Butcher, P D ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal infections; genetics; Giardia lamblia; molecular epidemiology; typing

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RNA GENE; SEASON; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRAVEL; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956399476     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000208     Document Type: Article

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