In vitro phagocytosis af Giardia duodenalis cysts by hemocytes of the Asian freshwater clam Corbicula fluminea

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 743-745

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a,b   Cranfield, Michael R ^b,c   Conn, David Bruce ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Medical Department   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CLAM; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; ANIMAL; ASIA; BIVALVE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GIARDIA; IMMUNOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BIVALVIA; CELLS, CULTURED; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; HEMOCYTES; PHAGOCYTOSIS;

EID: 0030608940     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050333     Document Type: Article

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