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A Multilocus Sequence Typing System (MLST) reveals a high level of diversity and a genetic component to Entamoeba histolytica virulence.
BMC microbiology - 27 Jul 2012
Gilchrist Carol A, Ali Ibne Karim M, Kabir Mamun, Alam Faisal, Scherbakova Sana, Ferlanti Eric, Weedall Gareth D, Hall Neil, Haque Rashidul, Petri William A, Caler Elisabet
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BACKGROUND: The outcome of an Entamoeba histolytica infection is variable and can result in either asymptomatic carriage, immediate or latent disease (diarrhea/dysentery/amebic liver abscess). An E. histolytica multilocus genotyping system based on tRNA gene-linked arrays has shown that genetic d...
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