dc.creatorMinvielle, Marta Cecilia
dc.creatorMolina, Nora Beatriz
dc.creatorPolverino, Daniela
dc.creatorBasualdo Farjat, Juan Ángel
dc.date2008-02
dc.date2014-07-02T21:12:27Z
dc.identifierhttp://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/37461
dc.identifierhttp://www.scielo.br/pdf/mioc/v103n1/176.pdf
dc.identifierissn:0074-0276
dc.descriptionThe purpose of this study was to investigate the genotypes of <i>Giardia lamblia</i> from human and animal feces and their epidemiological and clinical characteristics in Argentina, South America. Seventy isolates, 60 from humans (adults and children), eight from dogs and two from cows were processed by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism. Data corresponding to demographic, socio-cultural and environmental variables and presence/absence of signs/symptoms were collected. The triosephosphate isomerase gene was amplified from 43 (71.66%) of the 60 human fecal samples. Among these, 3/43 (6.98%) were genotype AII and 40/43 (93.02%) were genotype B. Assemblage AII was detected in three children who lived together in a shantytown and they were oligosymptomatic and none had diarrhea. This genotype was not found in animals. Genotype B showed a high prevalence in both adults and children. It was also found in polysymptomatic people, many of whom presented diarrhea. It was also found only in one dog. The present study represents the first contribution to the knowledge of <i>G. lamblia</i> genotypes in Argentina.
dc.descriptionFacultad de Ciencias Médicas
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.format98-103
dc.languageen
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC 3.0)
dc.subjectCiencias Médicas
dc.subjectArgentina
dc.subjectgenotype
dc.subjectprotozoal DNA
dc.subjecttriosephosphate isomerase
dc.subjectGiardia lamblia
dc.subjectenzymology
dc.subjectSouth America
dc.subjectgenetics
dc.subjectparasitology
dc.titleFirst genotyping of <i>Giardia lamblia</i> from human and animal feces in Argentina, South America
dc.typeArticulo
dc.typeArticulo


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