Article
Recapitulating the life cycle of the global pathogen <i>Entamoeba</i> in mice
2022-10-27
Abstract excerpt
There are several Entamoeba species that colonize humans, but only Entamoeba histolytica causes severe disease. E. histolytica is transmitted through the fecal-oral route to colonize the intestinal tract of 50 million people worldwide. The current mouse model to study E. histolytica intestinal infection directly delivers the parasite into the surgically exposed cecum, which circumvents the natural route of inf...
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- Amoebic Infections and Treatments
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research
- Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis
- Gut microbiota and health
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Probiotics and Fermented Foods
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
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- Literature Corpus work
- 1abdc42f-67a9-50ee-be1f-8f8943ab2add
- DOI
- 10.1101/2022.10.26.513970
