Cryopreservation of an attenuated vaccine strain of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii

Cryobiology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 330-337

  Booth, Karla S ^a   James, Eric R ^b   Popiel, Irene ^a  

^a HESKA CORPORATION   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PROTOZOAL VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; CAT; CRYOPRESERVATION; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; CATS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN VACCINES; TEMPERATURE; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030163032     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1996.0033     Document Type: Article

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