Effects of an anti-exospore monoclonal antibody on microsporidial development in vitro

Parasitology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 515-520

  Enriquez, F J ^a   Wagner, G ^a   Fragoso, M ^a   Ditrich, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Encephalitozoon hellem; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; In vitro; Microsporidia; Monoclonal antibodies

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MICROSPORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; ENCEPHALITOZOON; EPITOPES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; SPORES; TIME FACTORS; VERO CELLS;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON HELLEM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031771811     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182098003345     Document Type: Article

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