Getting to the guts of the matter: The status and potential of 'omics' research of parasitic protists of the human gastrointestinal system

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 43, Issue 12-13, 2013, Pages 971-982

  Jex, Aaron R ^a   Koehler, Anson V ^a   Ansell, Brendan R ^a   Baker, Louise ^a   Karunajeewa, Harin ^b   Gasser, Robin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b WESTERN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Diarrhoeal pathogens; Entamoeba; Genomics; Giardia; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; GENOMICS; PATHOGEN; PROTIST; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

BALANTIDIUM; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA; DIARRHEA; DIENTAMOEBA; DNA REPLICATION; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOME SIZE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; ISOSPORA; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PINOCYTOSIS; PROTIST; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; PROTISTA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHOEAL PATHOGENS; ENTAMOEBA; GENOMICS; GIARDIA; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

DIARRHEA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENOMICS; HUMANS; PARASITIC DISEASES;

EID: 84884703166     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: 18790135     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2013.06.005     Document Type: Review

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