Infection of Vero cells with Coxiella burnetii phase II: Relative intracellular bacterial load and distribution estimated by confocal laser scanning microscopy and morphometry

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-232

  Zamboni, Dario S ^a   Mortara, Renato A ^a   Rabinovitch, Michel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Confocal laser fluorescence microscopy; Coxiella burnetii phase II; Intracellular infection; Parasitophorous vacuoles; Phagosomes; Quantitative fluorescence

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL VACUOLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXIELLA BURNETII; FLUORESCENCE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HOST CELL; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Q FEVER; VERO CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COXIELLA BURNETII; FLUORESCENCE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; Q FEVER; VACUOLES; VERO CELLS;

EID: 0035215092     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00223-2     Document Type: Article

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