Giardia duodenalis: INTER-STRAIN VARIABILITY OF PROTEINS, ANTIGENS, PROTEASES, ISOENZYMES AND NUCLEIC ACIDS

Giardia duodenalis isolates from asymptomatic or symptomatic patients and from animals present similarities and differences in the protein composition, antigenic profile, pattern of proteases and isoenzymes, as well as in nucleic acids analysis. In the present overview, these differences and similar...

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Main Authors: Semiramis GUIMARÃES, Maria Inês Leme SOGAYAR, Marcello F. de FRANCO
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1999
Subjects:
Giardia duodenalis
Review
Antigens
Isoenzymes
Proteases
Nucleic acids
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/572e000e452f4a75b4a2bac395fe9e00
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Summary:Giardia duodenalis isolates from asymptomatic or symptomatic patients and from animals present similarities and differences in the protein composition, antigenic profile, pattern of proteases and isoenzymes, as well as in nucleic acids analysis. In the present overview, these differences and similarities are reviewed with emphasis in the host-parasite interplay and possible mechanisms of virulence of the protozoon.

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