Molecular identification of Giardia lamblia; is there any correlation between diarrhea and genotyping in Iranian population?

Gastroenterology and Hepatology from Bed to Bench

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 168-172

  Pestechian, Nader ^a   Rasekh, Hamidullah ^b   Rostami Nejad, Mohammad ^c   Yousofi, Hossein Ali ^a   Hosseini Safa, Ahmad ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KABUL UNIVERSITY   (Afghanistan)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Giardia lamblia; Iran; Isfahan; PCR RFLP; Tpi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84906889446     PISSN: 20082258     EISSN: 20084234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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