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Molecular Identification of Giardia duodenalis Isolates from Fars Province, Iran

Rayani M 1 , Zasmy Unyah N 2 , Hatam G 3

Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Health, Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Bushehr, Iran ; Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 2 Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • 3 Basic Sciences in Infectious Diseases Research Center, Medical School, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Iran J Parasitol, 2014 Mar;9(1):70-8.
PMID: 25642262

Abstract

Giardia duodenalis is one of the most common human intestinal protozoan parasites worldwide and is endemic throughout the world with a vast range of mammalian hosts. The present study aimed to identify the prevalence of G. duodenalis isolates and determine the most common of its assemblages in the patients referring to health centers and hospitals in Fars province, Iran that will be subjected to further molecular investigation.

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