Experimental infections of neonatal mice with cysts of Giardia lamblia clone GS/M-83-H7 are associated with an antigenic reset of the parasite

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4763-4771

  Von Allmen, N ^a   Bienz, M ^a   Hemphill, A ^a   Muller N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PARASITE ANTIGEN; VARIANT SURFACE GLYCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INOCULATION; INTESTINE PARASITE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANIMALS, OUTBRED STRAINS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 3342894605     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.72.8.4763-4771.2004     Document Type: Article

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