Correlation of Giardia duodenalis assemblages with clinical and epidemiological data in Cuban children

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue , 2014, Pages 7-12

  Puebla, Luis Jerez ^a   Núñez, Fidel A ^a   Fernández, Yenisey Alfonso ^a   Fraga, Jorge ^a   Rivero, Lázara Rojas ^a   Millán, Iraís Atencio ^a   Valdés, Lucía Ayllón ^b   Silva, Isabel Martínez ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL PEDRO KOURÍ   (Cuba)

^b HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO DOCENTE WILLIAM SOLER   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Assemblages; Children; Cuba; Giardia duodenalis; PCR

Indexed keywords

TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; COINFECTION; CUBA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECES; FEMALE; GENE; GENETICS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COINFECTION; CUBA; FECES; FEMALE; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MALE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE;

EID: 84894064017     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2014.01.007     Document Type: Article

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