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    Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2009 Sep;81(3):538-9.

    Giardia intestinalis assemblages A and B infections in Nepal.

    Singh A, Janaki L, Petri WA Jr, Houpt ER.

    Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health, Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. anjanas67@hotmail.com

    Giardia intestinalis is comprised of two major genotypes, A and B, which may vary in their propensity to cause disease. We tested for the presence of these two genotypes in stool samples from patients with gastrointestinal symptoms in Nepal. A total of 1,096 clinical specimens were screened by microscopy, and 45 samples with G. intestinalis were identified. Giardia infection was confirmed in 35 of 45 samples by a Giardia specific real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Genotyping of the Giardia PCR product by restriction fragment length polymorphism indicated that 74% (26 of 35) were assemblage B, 20% (7 of 35) were assemblage A, and 6% (2 of 35) were mixed assemblages.

    PMID: 19706929 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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