New insights into Entamoeba histolytica pathogenesis

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 489-494

  Baxt, Leigh A ^a   Singh, Upinder ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Entamoeba; Gene silencing; Microarray; Parasite; Pathogenesis; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS VACCINE; CPG OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA VACCINE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTOZOAL DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMEBIASIS; CYTOSKELETON; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, PROTOZOAN; GENOME, PROTOZOAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; RETROELEMENTS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 55249085106     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: 14736527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QCO.0b013e32830ce75f     Document Type: Review

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