Epidemiology of giardiasis and genotypic characterization of Giardia duodenalis in preschool children of a rural community, central Thailand

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-39

  Boontanom, P ^a   Mungthin, M ^b   Tan ariya, P ^a   Naaglor, T ^b   Leelayoova, S ^b  

^a Mahidol University ^*  (Thailand)

^b PHRAMONGKUTKLAO HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR TYPING; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; THAILAND;

EID: 79953885058     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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