<italic toggle="yes">Giardia</italic> Colonizes and Encysts in High-Density Foci in the Murine Small Intestine

<italic toggle="yes">Giardia</italic> Colonizes and Encysts in High-Density Foci in the Murine Small Intestine

ABSTRACT Giardia lamblia is a highly prevalent yet understudied protistan parasite causing significant diarrheal disease worldwide. Hosts ingest Giardia cysts from contaminated sources. In the gastrointestinal tract, cysts excyst to become motile trophozoites, colonizing and attaching to the gut epi...

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Main Authors: N. R. Barash, C. Nosala, J. K. Pham, S. G. McInally, S. Gourguechon, B. McCarthy-Sinclair, S. C. Dawson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2017-06-01
Series:mSphere
Subjects:
Giardia
bioluminescence
encystation
parasite
pathogenesis
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00343-16

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00343-16

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