Molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis in children from the Cufada Lagoon Natural Park, Guinea-Bissau

Parasitology Research

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2173-2177

  Ferreira, Filipa Santana ^a   Centeno Lima, S ^a   Gomes, J ^a   Rosa, F ^b   Rosado, V ^b   Parreira, R ^a   Cravo, L ^a   Atouguia, J ^a   Tavora Tavira L ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CIENTÍFICA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; BG GENE; CHILD; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; INFANT; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; RNA STRUCTURE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, RRNA; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 84868151488     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3068-6     Document Type: Article

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