Antigen Incorporation on Cryptosporidium parvum Oocyst Walls

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 233-235

  Entrala, Emilio ^a   Sbihi, Younes ^a   Sánchez Moreno, Manuel ^a   Mascaró, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antigen; Cryptosporidium; Oocyst wall

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 0035258430     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762001000200016     Document Type: Article

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