Variation in growth and drug susceptibility among Giardia duodenalis assemblages A, B and e in axenic in vitro culture and in the gerbil model

Parasitology

Volumn 138, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1354-1361

  Benere E ^a   Van Assche, T ^a   Cos, P ^a   Maes, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drug susceptibility; Field isolates; Generation time; Gerbil model; Trophozoites

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; FENBENDAZOLE; FLUBENDAZOLE; FURAZOLIDONE; METRONIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERBIL; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; AXENIC CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MALE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPHOZOITES;

GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 80053066898     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182011001223     Document Type: Article

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