TY - JOUR
T1 - Isoenzyme analysis of Entamoeba histolytica for evaluation of pathogenicity
T2 - Detection of zymodeme XIX in South America
AU - Di Perri, Giovanni
AU - Strosselli, Maurizio
AU - Parisi, Aldo
AU - Malfitano, Antonello
AU - Carnevale, Giuseppe
AU - Minoli, Lorenzo
PY - 1989/12
Y1 - 1989/12
N2 - Authors report the results of the isoenzyme analysis of strains of Entamoeba histolytica isolated from international travellers. This recently developed method allows the detection of pathogenic strains by evaluating the electrophoretic mobility of cytoplasmic enzymes and was proved to be more reliable and quickly feasible than previous ones. The experience reported refers to three strains isolated from travellers coming from Ecuador, Brazil and Indonesia, respectively; the zymodeme XIX (in accordance with the Sargeaunt's classification) was identified in all the three cases. This zymodeme has been first detected in 1981 and should currently be considered rare; moreover, it has never been previously reported from the Americas.
AB - Authors report the results of the isoenzyme analysis of strains of Entamoeba histolytica isolated from international travellers. This recently developed method allows the detection of pathogenic strains by evaluating the electrophoretic mobility of cytoplasmic enzymes and was proved to be more reliable and quickly feasible than previous ones. The experience reported refers to three strains isolated from travellers coming from Ecuador, Brazil and Indonesia, respectively; the zymodeme XIX (in accordance with the Sargeaunt's classification) was identified in all the three cases. This zymodeme has been first detected in 1981 and should currently be considered rare; moreover, it has never been previously reported from the Americas.
KW - Entamoeba histolytica
KW - Isoenzymes
KW - Zymodemes
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U2 - 10.1007/BF02871807
DO - 10.1007/BF02871807
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:51849181792
VL - 19
SP - 179
EP - 185
JO - Ricerca in Clinica e in Laboratorio
JF - Ricerca in Clinica e in Laboratorio
SN - 0940-5437
IS - 1
ER -