Efficacy of select antivirals against Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 59-63

  Woods, Keith M ^a   Upton, Steve J ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Antiviral; Cell culture; Cryptosporidium parvum; In vitro

Indexed keywords

3' AZIDO 2',3' DIDEOXYURIDINE; 5 (2 BROMOVINYL) 2' DEOXYURIDINE; ACICLOVIR; AMANTADINE; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYTARABINE; FOSCARNET; IDOXURIDINE; IODODEOXYCYTIDINE; PAROMOMYCIN; RIBAVIRIN; TRIFLURIDINE; VIDARABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIARRHEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CATTLE; CECAL NEOPLASMS; COCCIDIOSTATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; ILEAL NEOPLASMS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0032211897     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00419-4     Document Type: Article

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