Giardia duodenalis: New Research Developments in Pathophysiology, Pathogenesis, and Virulence Factors

Current Tropical Medicine Reports

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 110-118

  Buret, Andre G ^a   Amat, Christina B ^a   Manko, Anna ^a   Beatty, Jennifer K ^a   Halliez, Marie C M ^a   Bhargava, Amol ^a   Motta, Jean Paul ^a   Cotton, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Giardia; Immuno modulation; Microbiota; Pathogenesis; Pathophysiology; Post infectious

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN; INTERLEUKIN 8; PROTEIN C FOS; VILLIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ALLERGY; ATROPHY; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DYSBIOSIS; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; MYOPATHY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84969295790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21963045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40475-015-0049-8     Document Type: Review

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