Triosephosphate Isomerase Gene Characterization and Potential Zoonotic Transmission of Giardia duodenalis
Irshad M. Sulaiman*, Ronald Fayer†, Caryn Bern*, Robert H. Gilman‡, James M. Trout†, Peter M. Schantz*, Pradeep Das§, Altaf A. Lal*, and Lihua Xiao*
Author affiliations: *Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA; †U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland, USA; ‡Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; §National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
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Table 3
Number of genotypes present in each assemblage
Assemblage |
No. of isolates studied |
No. of subtypes |
A
|
6
|
1
|
B
|
44
|
12
|
C
|
15
|
4
|
E
|
7
|
2
|
Undefined rat
|
1
|
1
|
Giardia microti |
3 |
2 |
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