Ultrastructural analysis of the sporozoite of Cryptosporidium parvum

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3249-3255

  Tetley, Laurence ^a   Brown, Samantha M A ^a   McDonald, Vincent ^b   Coombs, Graham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium sporozoite; Micronemes; Plastid; Rhoptry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; LAMELLAR BODY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0032408507     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-12-3249     Document Type: Article

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