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In vitro Entamoeba histolytica adhesion to human endothelium: a comparison using two strains of different virulence.
Parasitology research - 1 Jan 1997
Flores-Romo L, Estrada-García T, Shibayama-Salas M, Campos-Rodríguez R, Bacon K, Martínez-Palomo A, Tsutsumi V
Abstract excerpt
Extraintestinal dissemination of Entamoeba histolytica is frequently manifested by the life-threatening amebic liver abscess (ALA). The hepatic establishment of amebas implies invasion of blood vessels and contact with the endothelium. By means of a fluorescence-based quantitative adhesion assay, we assessed the binding to human endothelial cells of two E. histolytica strains of different virulence. The highly...
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