Selective ability of Entomoeba histolytica to haemolyse red blood cells--a preliminary communication

Vinayak, V.K.; Chitkara, N.L.

Indian Journal of Medical Research 64(10): 1443-1445

1976


ISSN/ISBN: 0019-5340
PMID: 190167
Document Number: 98604
Seventeen strains of E. histolytica were studied to determine if they could selectively hemolyze red blood cells of different species. Four strains could hemolyze human red blood cells and those of sheep and dog. Three other strains produced hemolysis of human and sheep cells only. The remaining strains could hemolyze red blood cells of human, sheep, dog and rabbit. The selective ability to hemolyze red blood cells could be utilized as a parameter for differentiation of strains of E. histolytica.

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