Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
- Volume 37 Issue 1
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- Pages.59-62
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- 1999
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- 2982-5164(pISSN)
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- 1738-0006(eISSN)
Characterization of YS-27, an axenic Korean strain of Entamoeba histolytica
- Park, Soon-Jung (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
- Yong, Tai-Soon (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
- Chang, Jae-Kyung (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
- Im, Kyung-Il (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine) ;
- Soh, Chin-Thack (Department of Parasitology and Institute of Tropical Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine)
- Published : 1999.03.01
Abstract
Characterization of YS-27, an axenic Entamoeba strain. was performed by three different laboratory methods. Zymodeme analysis using starch gel electrophoresis and PCR with species-specific primers showed that YS-27 is a pathogenic Entamoeba which belongs to the group II zymodeme. Pathogenicity of YS-27 was further confirmed by observing the formation of liver abscess in Mongolian gerbils. These results showed that YS-27 is E. hisolytica.