Correlation between the presence of symptoms and the Giardia duodenalis genotype
| Autor: | Llorente Mt, Cristina Seral, S. Capilla, Antonio Clavel, Francisco Javier Castillo, Rafael Gómez-Lus, J. Sahagún, A. Arias, Pilar Goñi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Giardiasis Microbiology (medical) medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Genotype Virulence Factors medicine.disease_cause Polymerase Chain Reaction Asymptomatic Giardia Infections Gastroenterology Dysentery Feces Internal medicine medicine Animals Humans Giardia lamblia Child Aged biology Age Factors Giardia General Medicine Middle Aged biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Gastroenteritis Diarrhea Infectious Diseases Child Preschool Immunology medicine.symptom Polymorphism Restriction Fragment Length |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases. 27:81-83 |
| ISSN: | 1435-4373 0934-9723 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10096-007-0404-3 |
| Popis: | Clinical manifestations of Giardia duodenalis infection vary from asymptomatic infection to chronic diarrhoea. We study the correlation between the presence of symptoms and the G. duodenalis genotype in 108 patients with giardiasis. Patient age ranged from 2 to 72 years old. We found a correlation between assemblage AII and symptomatic infections, and between assemblage B and asymptomatic infections in the overall patient group and in patients less than five years of age. Nevertheless, if only patients of more than five years of age were considered, no statistically significant relationship between assemblage and symptomatic or asymptomatic Giardia infections was found. In these patients, host factors may affect the presence of clinical manifestations more than Giardia assemblage. |
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