title: Characterization of YS-27, an axenic Korean strain of Entamoeba histolytica.
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.
authors: Department of Parasitology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. sjpark615@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
authors: S J
authors: SJ
authors: Park
authors: T S
authors: TS
authors: Yong
authors: J K
authors: JK
authors: Chang
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Im
authors: C T
authors: CT
authors: Soh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004748:Entamoeba histolytica / Q000145:classification* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005849:Gerbillinae; D008101:Liver Abscess, Amebic / Q000469:parasitology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction