Is human giardiasis caused by two different giardia species?

Gut Microbes

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 379-382

  Jerlström Hultqvist, Jon ^a   Ankarklev, Johan ^a   Svärd, Staffan G ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; Diarrhea; Genotype; Intestinal parasite; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOMICS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; SWINE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; SUIDAE;

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS;

EID: 79251502327     PISSN: 19490976     EISSN: 19490984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/gmic.1.6.13608     Document Type: Article

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