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Infectivity of Giardia duodenalis Assemblages A and E for the gerbil and axenisation of duodenal trophozoites.
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2010
Bénéré Ely, Geurden Thomas, Robertson Lucy, Van Assche Tim, Cos Paul, Maes Louis
Abstract excerpt
Establishing in vitro cultures of Giardia duodenalis trophozoites from faecal cysts remains very difficult due to poor excystation and bacterial contamination. This study investigated an alternative approach starting from duodenal trophozoites of gerbils that were artificially infected with field isolates from humans (Assemblages A and B) and cattle (Assemblage E and mixed E/A). Gerbil infection was successful...
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