Urinary hyaluronidase activity in rats infected with Blastocystis hominis-evidence for invasion?

• Main Authors: Chandramathi, S., Suresh, K.G., Mahmood, A.A., Kuppusamy, U.R.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8182/1/Chandramathi-2010-Urinary_hyaluronidas.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/8182/; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00436-010-1825-y.pdf

The fact whether Blastocystis hominis can invade has always been in question. Apart from a few sporadic studies such as that done on gnotobiotic guinea pigs which showed surface invasion and mucosal inflammation of the host's intestine caused by B. hominis infection, no real documentation of in...