Molecular characterization of Giardia duodenalis in Yemen

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 141-147

  Alyousefi, Naela A ^a   Mahdy, Mohammed A K ^a,b   Xiao, Lihua ^c   Mahmud, Rohela ^a   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Genotyping; Giardia duodenalis; Yemen

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B GIARDIN GENE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84876320801     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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