Sensitivity of Entamoeba histolytica and Entamoeba dispar patient isolates to human complement

Parasite Immunology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 265-271

  Walderich, Brigitte ^a   Weber, Anne ^a   Knobloch, Jürgen ^a  

^a Forschungslaboratorien   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative pathway; Complement lysis; Differentiation; E. dispar; E. histolytica

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CYTOLYSIS; DNA PROBE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER ABSCESS; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE;

ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA;

EID: 0030842144     PISSN: 01419838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3024.1997.d01-208.x     Document Type: Article

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