Giardia and giardiasis;Giardia y giardiasis

Medicina

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-74

  Lujan, Hugo D ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cellular differentiation; Cysts; Diarrhea; Giardiasis; Parasite

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL WALL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HOST; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE INFECTION; LIFE CYCLE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SURVIVAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS;

EID: 33645115374     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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