title: An attempt at reversibility and increase of the virulence of axenic strains of Entamoeba histolytica.
abstract: In this study we have tried to verify whether the interaction "in vitro" with bacteria or small pieces of normal hamster liver would modify the pathogenic behavior of axenic strains of E. histolytica: avirulent ones (ICB-32 and ICB-RPS), of attenuated virulence (ICB-CSP and HM1) and of mean virulence (ICB-462). Every attempt to render virulent, recover or increase the virulence of axenic strains of E. histolytica has failed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: A O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Tafuri
authors.forename: E F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006224:Cricetinae; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000382:microbiology / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000469:parasitology; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male; D014774:Virulence