Proteolytic activity in the adult and larval stages of the human roundworm parasite Angiostrongylus costaricensis
Angiostrongylus costaricensis is a nematode that causes abdominal angiostrongyliasis, a widespread human parasitism in Latin America. This study aimed to characterize the protease profiles of different developmental stages of this helminth. First-stage larvae (L1) were obtained from the faeces of in...
Main Authors: | Karina Mastropasqua Rebello, Caroline Reis de Siqueira, Erika Louise Ribeiro, Richard Hemmi Valente, Ester Maria Mota, Jonas Perales, Ana Gisele da Costa Neves-Ferreira, Henrique Leonel Lenzi |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
2012-09-01
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Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762012000600008&lng=en&tlng=en |
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