Giardiasis as zoonosis: between proof of principle and paradigm in the Northwestern region of São Paulo State, Brazil

OBJECTIVE: In order to evaluate the potential zoonotic transmission of Giardia duodenalis, isolates from humans and dogs in the Northwestern region of the São Paulo State, Brazil were characterized based on the β-giardin gene. METHODS: The samples were analyzed by sequencing of the Nested-PCR produc...

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Main Authors: Aline Cardoso Caseca Volotão, Nathália Motta Delvaux Ramos, Maria Fantinatti, Marcus Vinícius Proença de Moraes, Halim Atique Netto, Luciane Moreno Storti-Melo, Elenir Alves Macedo de Godoy, Andréa Regina Baptista Rossit, Octávio Fernandes, Ricardo Luiz Dantas Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702011000400014&lng=en&tlng=en