Real-time PCR assay for detection and genotype differentiation of Giardia lamblia in stool specimens.

J Clin Microbiol

Department of Biology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, 3359 Mississauga Rd. N, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6.

Published: July 2004

Real-time PCR, using dual-labeled fluorescent probes targeting the beta-giardin gene, was used to detect Giardia lamblia in human stool specimens and to discriminate between isolates from the two major genetic assemblages of G. lamblia infective to humans, assemblages A and B.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC446313PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JCM.42.7.3317-3320.2004DOI Listing

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