Determination of Giardia duodenalis assemblages and multi-locus genotypes in patients with sporadic giardiasis from England

Determination of Giardia duodenalis assemblages and multi-locus genotypes in patients with sporadic giardiasis from England

Abstract Background The protozoan Giardia duodenalis is a common but highly diverse human parasite that comprises a complex of seven morphologically identical genetic assemblages, further divided into sub-assemblages. There is very little information available on the diversity of Giardia sub-assembl...

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Main Authors: Corrado Minetti, Kenneth Lamden, Caroline Durband, John Cheesbrough, Andrew Fox, Jonathan M. Wastling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2015-09-01
Series:Parasites & Vectors
Subjects:
Giardiasis
Giardia duodenalis
Assemblage
Genotyping
Multi-locus genotype
MLG
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-015-1059-z

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