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The attributes compared included DNA yield measured using a new triose phosphate isomerase (<jats:italic>tpi<\/jats:italic>) gene probe-based real-time PCR, also described here. All three methods shared 100\u200a% PCR positivity, while the bead-beating method provided the highest <jats:italic>G. duodenalis<\/jats:italic> DNA yield (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.01). However, when other weighted attributes, including biocontainment, resources and technical requirements, were also considered, spin-column extraction with prior freeze\u2013thaw treatment (method 2) was deemed the most desirable and was selected for use. The <jats:italic>tpi<\/jats:italic> real-time PCR typing assay was designed to discriminate between the main human infectious assemblages of <jats:italic>G. duodenali<\/jats:italic>s (A and B) and was evaluated initially using standard isolates. 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