Amebiasis: Implications of the recognition of Entamoeba dispar and the identification of Entamoeba moshkovskii in humans;Amibiasis: Implicaciones del reconocimiento de Entamoeba dispar e identificación de Entamoeba moshkovskii en humanos

Investigacion Clinica

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 239-256

  Chacín Bonilla, Leonor ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Amebiasis; Entamoeba dispar; Entamoeba histolytica; Entamoeba moshkovskii

Indexed keywords

AMEBIASIS; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENTAMOEBA; ENZYMOLOGY; FORECASTING; GENETICS; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANTIAMEBIC AGENT; ISOENZYME; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN;

AMEBICIDES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTAMOEBIASIS; FORECASTING; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; ISOENZYMES; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78149247134     PISSN: 05355133     EISSN: 05355133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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