Table 5 Multilocus sequence types of Giardia duodenalis assemblage A in children, Egypt

AII-1

A2 ( U57897)

A2 (AY178737)

A2 (FJ560582)

4

43567, 43664, 43968, 44106

AII-9

A2 (U57897)

A2 (AY178737)

A3 (AY072724)

18

43509, 43524, 43547, 43574,43581,43608, 43618, 43632, 43700, 43899, 43907, 43956, 44038, 44042, 44046, 44069, 44116, 44170

AII-15

A2 ( U57897)

A2 (AY178737)

A9^a (MG746615)

1

43969

–

B^a (MG787952)

B^a (MG746609)

A3 (AY072724)

1

43642

–

A2 (U57897)

–

A3 (AY072724)

1

43532

–

A2 (U57897)

–

A9^a (MG746615)

1

43936

–

–

A2 (AY178737)

A3 (AY072724)

1

44067

–

A2 (U57897)

–

–

3

43503, 43607, 43894

–

–

A2 (AY178737)

–

1

43569

–

–

–

A3 (AY072724)

1

44095