Cyst formation and faecal-oral transmission of Dientamoeba fragilis - The missing link in the life cycle of an emerging pathogen

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 879-883

  Munasinghe, Varuni S ^a   Vella, Nicole G F ^b   Ellis, John T ^a   Windsor, Peter A ^c   Stark, Damien ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyst; Diarrhoea; Dientamoeba; Irritable bowel; Transmission; Trichomonad

Indexed keywords

CALGRANULIN;

CYST; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISORDER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LIFE CYCLE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; FECES ANALYSIS; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LARGE INTESTINE; MOUSE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; PARASITE SHEDDING; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; RAT; TROPHOZOITE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA;

CYST; DIARRHOEA; DIENTAMOEBA; IRRITABLE BOWEL; TRANSMISSION; TRICHOMONAD;

ANIMALS; DIENTAMOEBA; DIENTAMOEBIASIS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FECES; HUMANS; INTESTINAL DISEASES, PARASITIC; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; RODENTIA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

EID: 84883242008     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.06.003     Document Type: Article

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