Inhibition of Giardia lamblia excystation by antibodies against cyst walls and by wheat germ agglutinin

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 2151-2157

  Meng, Tze Chiang ^a   Hetsko, Michael L ^a   Gillin, Frances D ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEINASE; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; RABBIT ANTISERUM; SIALIC ACID; WHEAT GERM AGGLUTININ;

ACIDIFICATION; ADSORPTION; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RABBIT; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0029929221     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.64.6.2151-2157.1996     Document Type: Article

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