Mixed Giardia duodenalis assemblage infections in children and adults in South India

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2023-2027

  Laishram, S ^a   Kannan, A ^a   Rajendran, P ^a   Kang, G ^a   Ajjampur, S S R ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Giardia; South India

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; GDH GENE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN TARGETING; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TPI GENE;

ADULT; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM ANALYSIS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DIARRHEA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; INDIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

EID: 84857917910     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002767     Document Type: Article

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