Experimental Amebiasis

IV. Amebal Viruses and the Virulence of Entamoeba Histolytica

Carl F. T. Mattern Laboratory of Viral Diseases and Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

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David B. Keister Laboratory of Viral Diseases and Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

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Louis S. Diamond Laboratory of Viral Diseases and Laboratory of Parasitic Diseases, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.1979.28.653
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Volume 28: Issue 4
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653–657
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We have attempted to determine whether amebal viruses are capable of viral conversion of the virulence of Entamoeba histolytica. Amebae of little or no virulence for the newborn hamster liver were infected with viruses obtained from four amebal strains of different virulence. Cultures of surviving amebae were increased in virulence by viruses from amebae of high, moderate, or low virulence, but decreased in virulence by the virus of the second most pathogenic amebal strain. Sequential infection with two viruses did not produce consistent cumulative effects on virulence. The changes in virulence noted are considered to be the unpredictable result of either selection pressures exerted by the lytic virus infection or possibly viral alterations of the amebae.

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Copyright © 1979 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 1979
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23 Dec 1977
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Published Online:
Jul 1979
Cover The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
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0002-9637
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