Description of a Blastocystis species from Rattus norvegicus

Parasitology Research

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 313-318

  Chen, X Q ^a   Singh, M ^a   Ho, L C ^a   Tan, S W ^a   Ng, G C ^a   Moe, K T ^a   Yap, E H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLASTOCYSTIS; CULTURE MEDIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; KARYOTYPING; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; BLASTOCYSTIS RATTI; EQUUS CABALLUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0030967627     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050255     Document Type: Article

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