Viability and infectivity of two cryptosporidium parvum bovine isolates from different geographical location

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 261-267

  Vergara Castiblanco, C A ^a   Freire Santos, F ^a   Oteiza Lopez A M ^a   Ares Mazas M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colombia; Cryptosporidium parvum; Infectivity; Spain; Viability

Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CELL VIABILITY; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GEOGRAPHY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SPAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLOMBIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MICE; SPAIN;

BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MURINAE;

EID: 0034679086     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00210-7     Document Type: Article

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