Invited review Giardia duodenalis: Inter-strain variability of proteins, antigens, proteases, isoenzymes and nucleic acids

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1999-12-01

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Guimarães, Semiramis [UNESP]
Sogayar, Maria Inês Lerne [UNESP]
Franco, Marcello F. de

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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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Antigens, Giardia duodenalis, Isoenzymes, Nucleic acids, Proteases, Review, isoenzyme, parasite antigen, Giardia, host parasite interaction, Antigenic Variation, Antigens, Protozoan, DNA, Bacterial, Endopeptidases, Host-Parasite Relations, Nucleic Acids, Protozoan Proteins

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Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo, v. 41, n. 1, p. 45-58, 1999.

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