Biological aspects of a brazilian strain of Entamoeba dispar

Pathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-27

  Furst, C ^a   Gomes, M A ^a   Tafuri, W L ^a   Silva, E F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Mesocritus auratus; Pathogenesis; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; HAMSTER; HEPATITIS; INFLAMMATION; ISOENZYME ANALYSIS; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER INJURY; NONHUMAN; TROPHOZOITE; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BRAZIL; COCULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; DYSENTERY; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; LIVER AMEBIASIS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BRAZIL; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRICETINAE; CRITHIDIA FASCICULATA; DYSENTERY, AMEBIC; ENTAMOEBA; FECES; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER ABSCESS, AMEBIC; MESOCRICETUS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0036480438     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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