A comparative study on egg hatching methods and oncosphere viability determination for Taenia solium eggs

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1311-1314

  Wang, I C ^a   Ma, Y X ^b   Kuo, C H ^c   Fan, P C ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Henan Prov Hlth Antiendemic Stn   (China)

^c Zhengzhou King Shui Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Enzyme method; Hatching rate; Oncosphere viability; Sodium hypochlorite method; Taenia soilum eggs; Trypan blue

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EGG; ENZYMATIC ASSAY; HATCHING; HUMAN; TAENIA SOLIUM;

ANIMALS; CYSTICERCOSIS; HUMANS; OVUM; PARASITOLOGY; TAENIA; TAENIASIS;

EID: 0030859824     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(97)00087-8     Document Type: Article

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