Sporulation of Cyclospora sp. oocysts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1631-1632

  Smith, H V ^a   Paton, C A ^a   Mtambo, M M A ^b   Girdwood, R W A ^a  

^a NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYCLOSPORA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; OOCYST; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORA SP.; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 0030906488     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1631-1632.1997     Document Type: Article

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