Sequence analysis in partial genes of five isolates of Angiostrongylus cantonensis from Taiwan and biological comparison in infectivity and pathogenicity between two strains

Acta Tropica

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 26-34

  Lee, June Der ^a   Chung, Li Yu ^a   Wang, Lian Chen ^b   Lin, Rong Jyh ^a   Wang, Jiun Jye ^a   Tu, Hung Pin ^a   Wu, Zhong Dao ^c   Yen, Chuan Min ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Angiostrongylus cantonensis Hualien strain; Angiostrongylus cantonensis Pingtung strain; BALB c mouse; Pathogenicity; Sprague Dawley rat; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER; MALONALDEHYDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFINITIVE HOST; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; MENINGITIS; PARASITE; PARASITIC DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY;

ANGIOSTRONGYLIASIS; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE SUBUNIT I GENE; EOSINOPHIL COUNT; FERTILITY; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER GENE; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; RAT; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN; THAILAND;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS HUALIEN STRAIN; ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS PINGTUNG STRAIN; BALB/C MOUSE; PATHOGENICITY; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RAT; TAIWAN;

ANGIOSTRONGYLUS CANTONENSIS; ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETIC VARIATION; MALE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STRONGYLIDA INFECTIONS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84896349345     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: 18736254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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