Immunity to Amoeba

Amoebic infections in fish are most likely underestimated and sometimes overlooked due to the challengesassociated with their diagnosis. Amoebic diseases reported in fish affect either gills or internalorgans or may be systemic. Host response ranges from hyperplastic response in gill infections to i...

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Published in:Developmental & Comparative Immunology
Main Authors: Nowak, B, Valdenegro-Vega, V, Crosbie, P, Bridle, A
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd 2014
Subjects:
Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Fisheries Sciences
Aquaculture
Atlantic salmon
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2013.07.021
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23921258
http://ecite.utas.edu.au/91203
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Summary:Amoebic infections in fish are most likely underestimated and sometimes overlooked due to the challengesassociated with their diagnosis. Amoebic diseases reported in fish affect either gills or internalorgans or may be systemic. Host response ranges from hyperplastic response in gill infections to inflammation(including granuloma formation) in internal organs. This review focuses on the immune responseof Atlantic salmon to Neoparamoeba perurans , the causative agent of Amoebic Gill Disease (AGD).

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