The use of a new viability assay to determine the susceptibility of Cryptosporidium and Eimeria sporozoites to respiratory inhibitors and extremes of pH

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 142, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 203-208

  Brown, Samantha M A ^a   McDonald, Vincent ^b   Denton, Helen ^a   Coombs, Graham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Eimeria; Respiratory inhibitor; Sporozoite viability

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; AZIDE; BISBENZIMIDE; CYANIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EIMERIA; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE;

EID: 0030248007     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00266-2     Document Type: Article

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