Giardial lipid rafts share virulence factors with secreted vesicles and participate in parasitic infection in mice

Giardial lipid rafts share virulence factors with secreted vesicles and participate in parasitic infection in mice

Giardia lamblia, a protozoan parasite, is a major cause of waterborne infection, worldwide. While the trophozoite form of this parasite induces pathological symptoms in the gut, the cyst form transmits the infection. Since Giardia is a noninvasive parasite, the actual mechanism by which it causes di...

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Main Authors: Brian I. Grajeda, Atasi De Chatterjee, Carmen M. Villalobos, Breanna C. Pence, Cameron C. Ellis, Vanessa Enriquez, Sourav Roy, Sukla Roychowdhury, Aaron K. Neumann, Igor C. Almeida, Steven E. Patterson, Siddhartha Das
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
Giardia
giardiasis
infection
lipid rafts
nystatin
oseltamivir
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcimb.2022.974200/full

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