Remarkable genetic polymorphism among Entamoeba histolytica isolates from a limited geographic area

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 4081-4090

  Haghighi, Ali ^a   Kobayashi, Seiki ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^a   Masuda, Gohta ^a   Nozaki, Tomoyoshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITINASE; SERINE;

AMEBIASIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE ISOLATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHITINASE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; JAPAN; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; PROKARYOTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036840936     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.11.4081-4090.2002     Document Type: Article

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