Giardia lamblia: effect of infection with symptomatic and asymptomatic isolates on the growth of gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus)

H Astiazarán-García, M Espinosa-Cantellano… - Experimental …, 2000 - Elsevier
Astiazarán-Garcı́a, H., Espinosa-Cantellano, M., Castañón, G., Chávez-Munguı́a, B., and
Martı́nez-Palomo, A. 2000. Giardia lamblia: Effect of infection with symptomatic and
asymptomatic isolates on the growth of gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Experimental
Parasitology95, 128–135. Gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) were intragastrically inoculated
with axenic Giardia lamblia cultures from symptomatic and asymptomatic children. All
isolates were able to colonize the duodenum. However, the colonization capacity of the …