Intestinal parasites and genotyping of Giardia duodenalis in children: first report of genotype B in isolates from human clinical samples in Mexico

Giardia duodenalis is one of the most prevalent enteroparasites in children. This parasite produces several clinical manifestations. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of genotypes of G. duodenalis causing infection in a region of southeastern Mexico. G. duodenalis cysts were isol...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Julio César Torres-Romero, Antonio de Jesus Euan-Canto, Namibya Benito-González, Nayely Padilla-Montaño, Claribel Huchin-Chan, Julio Lara-Riegos, Roberto Cedillo-Rivera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2014-06-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762014000300388&lng=en&tlng=en