The human isolate of Brachiola algerae (Phylum Microspora): Development in SCID mice and description of its fine structure features

Parasitology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-162

  Koudela, B ^a,b   Visvesvara, G S ^c   Moura, H ^c   Vavra J ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

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

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brachiola algerae; Eye infection; Microsporidia; Nosema algerae; SCID

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE INFECTION; GRANULOMA; HEPATITIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIVER NECROSIS; MICROSPORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSEMA; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCID MOUSE; SPLENOMEGALY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; ANIMALS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSPORIDA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; SPLENOMEGALY;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIOLA ALGERAE; BRACHIOLA VESICULARUM; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; NOSEMA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0034921448     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001008228     Document Type: Article

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