Light and electron microscopic identification of cyclospora species in the small intestine: Evidence of the presence of asexual life cycle in human host

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 216-220

  Sun, Tsieh ^a,c   Ilardi, Carl F ^b   Asnis, Deborah ^b   Bresciani, Alfred R ^b   Goldenberg, Steven ^b   Roberts, Beth ^a   Teichberg, Saul ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyclospora species; Electron microscopy; Life cycle; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYCLOSPORA; DUODENUM BIOPSY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE PARASITE; MALE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZONT; SMALL INTESTINE DISEASE; SPOROZOITE; TROPHOZOITE;

EID: 0030067371     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/105.2.216     Document Type: Article

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