Detection of Giardia duodenalis Assemblages A and B in Human Feces by Simple, Assemblage-Specific PCR Assays

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Vanni, Ilaria ^a   Cacciò, Simone Mario ^a   van Lith, Lindy ^b   Lebbad, Marianne ^c   Svärd, Staffan G ^d   Pozio, Edoardo ^a   Tosini, Fabio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84865991370     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001776     Document Type: Article

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