FIRST ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION IN HUMANS OF ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA (LABORATORY-MADE) ZYMODEME-XX

Authors
GATTI S CEVINI C BRUNO A RAMSAN M MARCHI L SCAGLIA M
Citation
S. Gatti et al., FIRST ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION IN HUMANS OF ENTAMOEBA-HISTOLYTICA (LABORATORY-MADE) ZYMODEME-XX, Parasitology research, 83(7), 1997, pp. 716-718
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Parasitology research → ACNP
ISSN journal
09320113
Volume
83
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
716 - 718
Database
ISI
SICI code
0932-0113(1997)83:7<716:FIACIH>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Isoenzyme analysis by starch-gel electrophoresis has proved to be a us eful method for the biochemical differentiation of pathogenic Entamoeb a histolytica and non-pathogenic E. dispar isolates, Of the 24 known z ymodemes, 3 are laboratory-made and have not previously been identifie d in humans. Parasitology screening was carried out in a psychiatric i nstitution. Two amebic stocks were isolated and characterized that had never previously been found in humans and that have protein patterns identical to that of the laboratory-made zymodeme XX.