Influence of bacteria from the duodenal microbiota of patients with symptomatic giardiasis on the pathogenicity of Giardia duodenalis in gnotoxenic mice

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 209-215

  Torres, Marcia F ^c   Uetanabaro, Ana P T ^a   Costa, Alessandra F ^c   Alves, Celso A ^c   Farias, Luis M ^a   Bambirra, Eduardo A ^b   Penna, Francisco J ^c   Vieira, Enio C ^a   Nicoli, Jacques R ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Faculdade de Medicina   (Brazil)

^c Universidade Fed de Minas Gerais ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0034104140     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-49-3-209     Document Type: Article

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