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Identification of Variant-Specific Surface Proteins in Giardia muris Trophozoites

Year: 2005

Type: article

Abstract: Giardia lamblia undergoes antigenic variation, a process that might allow the parasite to evade the host's immune response and adapt to different environments. Here we show that Giardia muris, a related species that naturally infects rodents, possesses multiple variant-specific surface proteins (VSPs) and expresses VSPs on its surface, suggesting that it undergoes antigenic variation similar to that of G. lamblia.

Source: Infection and Immunity

DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.8.5208-5211.2005

Authors: Andrea S. Ropolo, Alicia Saura, Pedro G. Carranza, Hugo D. Lujan

Institution: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Language: English

Topic: Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics

Subfield: Parasitology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2166366384

FWCI: 0.555

Cites: 24

Cited by: 13

Related to: 10