Encystation in parasitic protozoa

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 421-426

  Eichinger, Daniel ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PATHOGENICITY; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVIEW;

ENTAMOEBA; EUKARYOTA; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034899139     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00229-0     Document Type: Review

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