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Alice E. Houk
Researcher at Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Publications - 7
Citations - 70
Alice E. Houk is an academic researcher from Virginia–Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine. The author has contributed to research in topics: Toxoplasma gondii & Cystoisospora. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 6 publications receiving 62 citations.
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Developmental biology of Cystoisospora (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae) monozoic tissue cysts.
TL;DR: Tissue cyst stages are an intriguing aspect of the developmental cycle and transmission of species of Sarcocystidae and are believed to be associated with reoccurrence of clinical disease in humans.
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Prevalence of Antibodies to Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii, Encephalitozoon cuniculi, Sarcocystis neurona, Besnoitia darlingi, and Neospora caninum in North American Opossums, Didelphis virginiana, from Southern Louisiana
Alice E. Houk,David G. Goodwin,Anne M. Zajac,Stephen C. Barr,Jitender P. Dubey,David S. Lindsay +5 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of antibodies to zoonotic protozoan parasites (Trypanosoma cruzi, Toxoplasma gondii, and Encephalitozoon cuniculi) and protozoans of veterinary importance in a population of North American opossums from Louisiana is examined.
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Experimentally Induced Clinical Cystoisospora canis Coccidiosis in Dogs with Prior Natural Patent Cystoisospora ohioensis–like or C. canis Infections
Alice E. Houk,Thomas P. O'connor,Hilda Fátima de Jesus Pena,Solange Maria Gennari,Anne M. Zajac,David S. Lindsay +5 more
TL;DR: It is confirmed that C. canis is a primary pathogen for young dogs, and it is demonstrated that prior infection with C.Canis but not C. ohioensis–like coccidia confers some resistance to clinical disases and a decrease in oocyst production in dogs challenged with C.'s canis.
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Cystoisospora canis (Apicomplexa: Sarcocystidae): development of monozoic tissue cysts in human cells, demonstration of egress of zoites from tissue cysts, and demonstration of repeat monozoic tissue cyst formation by zoites.
Alice E. Houk,David S. Lindsay +1 more
TL;DR: It is believed that C. canis can be used as a model system to study extra-intestinal monozoic tissue cysts stages of Cystoisospora belli of humans and survived exposure to acid pepsin solution indicating that they would be orally infectious.
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Prevalence of IgG Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii in Veterinary and Undergraduate Students at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia.
TL;DR: A commercially available ELISA was used to examine serum samples from 336 students (252 veterinary students and 84 undergraduate students) at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine for serum IgG antibodies to T. gondii antigen.