Giardia lamblia miRNAs as a new diagnostic tool for human giardiasis.

Tal MeningherDaniel BoleslavskyIris BarshackHila Tabibian-KeissarRefael KohenDevorah Gur-WahnonIddo Z Ben-DovYechezkel SidiDror AvniEli Schwartz

Published in: PLoS neglected tropical diseases (2019)

Giardia miR5 testing in duodenal biopsies may be a new method for the diagnosis of giardiasis. It seems to be more sensitive when compared with testing for Giardia DNA by qPCR in duodenal biopsies. It will be important to investigate the contribution of routine Giardia miRNA testing in duodenal biopsies from patients with persistent abdominal symptoms.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
ultrasound guided
cell proliferation
long non coding rna
clinical practice
nucleic acid