Evaluation of Giardia duodenalis viability after metronidazole treatment by flow cytometry

Giardia duodenalis (syn. lamblia; syn. intestinalis) susceptibility testing is not routinely performed because the classical culture methods are very time-consuming and laborious. We developed a novel flow cytometry (FC) assay to evaluate the susceptibility of G. duodenalis t...

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Main Authors: Joana Barbosa, Acácio Gonçalves Rodrigues, Maria José Pérez, Cidália Pina-Vaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2014-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000801078&lng=en&tlng=en