Species-Specific Immunodetection of an Entamoeba histolytica Cyst Wall Protein.

• Main Authors: Lauren J Spadafora (Author), Moira R Kearney (Author), Abdullah Siddique (Author), Ibne K Ali (Author), Carol A Gilchrist (Author), Tuhinur Arju (Author), Benjamin Hoffstrom (Author), Felicia K Nguyen (Author), William A Petri (Author), Rashidul Haque (Author), Gerard A Cangelosi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Entamoeba histolytica causes intestinal disease in endemic settings throughout the world. Diagnosis of E. histolytica infection would be improved by the identification of biomarkers that are expressed by cysts of E. histolytica, but not by cysts of closely related commensal species of Entamoeba. Her...