Western blot and immunofluorescence analysis of a human isolate of Encephalitozoon cuniculi established in culture from the urine of a patient with aids

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 66-69

  Croppo, G P ^a   Visvesvara, G S ^a   Leitch, G J ^a,b   Wallace, S ^a   De Groote, M A ^a,c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LUNG BIOPSY; MICROSPORA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; PARASITE CULTIVATION; TISSUE SECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LUNG; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RABBITS; URINE;

ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MICROSPORIDIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0031000653     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3284318     Document Type: Article

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