Molecular characterization of Giardia parasite isolated from stool samples collected from different hospitals in Taif City (Saudi Arabia)

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 487-496

  Shalaby, I ^a   Gherbawy, Y ^a,b   Banaja, A ^a  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FECES; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84855374162     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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