POTENTIAL CROSS-CONTAMINATION OF SIMILAR Giardia duodenalis ASSEMBLAGE IN CHILDREN AND PET DOGS IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL, AS DETERMINED BY PCR-RFLP

SUMMARY Giardia duodenalis is an enteric parasite that has distinct genetic groups. Human infections are mainly caused by assemblages A and B, although sporadic infections by assemblages C and D have also been reported. Animals can be infected by a wide range of assemblages (A to H). The aim of this...

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Published in:	Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
Main Authors:	Rosiléia Marinho de QUADROS, Paulo Henrique Exterchoter WEISS, Sandra Marcia Tietz MARQUES, Luiz Claudio MILETTI
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
Subjects:	Giardia duodenalis Pet dogs Zoonotic genotypes PCR-RFLP
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652016005000250&lng=en&tlng=en