Stock cultures of free-living amebas: Effect of temperature on viability and pathogenicity

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 137-139

  Gupta, Sadhna ^a   Das, S R ^a  

^a CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LONG-TERM CHANGE; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORTALITY; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; STORAGE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NAEGLERIA; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0033049113     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3285719     Document Type: Article

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