Rotifers ingest oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-163

  Fayer, Ronald ^a,d   Trout, James M ^a   Walsh, Elizabeth ^b   Cole, Rebecca ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c United States Geological Survery   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Cryptosporidiosis; Protozoa; Sewage; Waterborne; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OOCYST; ROTIFER; SUSPENSION CELL CULTURE;

ASPLANCHNA; BRACHIONUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPIPHANES; EUCHLANIS; INVERTEBRATA; MONOSTYLA; PHILODINA; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA;

EID: 0034085016     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00026.x     Document Type: Article

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