Flow cytometric analysis of microsporidia belonging to the genus Encephalitozoon

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 371-375

  Moss, Delynn M ^a,b   Croppo, Gian P ^a   Wallace, Sara ^a   Visvesvara, Govinda S ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; ENCEPHALITOZOON; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032902935     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.2.371-375.1999     Document Type: Article

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