XXI. Current in vitro culture systems for Pneumocystis

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 169-172

  Atzori, Chiara ^a   Aliouat, El Moukhtar ^b   Bartlett, Marilyn S ^c   Dujardin, Lucien ^d   Cargnel, Antonietta ^a   Dei Cas, Eduardo ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (Spain)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Extraction method; Feeder cell culture; Pneumocystis; Spinner flask culture; Viability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; PNEUMOCYSTIS;

EID: 0032159110     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-8244(98)00075-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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