An anti-contamination cocktail for the in vitro isolation and cultivation of parasitic protozoa

Parasitology Research

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 172-174

  Mäser, Pascal ^a,b   Grether Bühler, Yvonne ^a   Kaminsky, Ronald ^a,c   Brun, Reto ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Novartis Animal Health ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUCYTOSINE; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FUNGAL CONTAMINATION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOST; IN VITRO STUDY; LEISHMANIA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTOZOON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXICITY; TRYPANOSOMA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTIFUNGAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; FUNGI; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PROTOZOA; TRYPANOSOMA;

EID: 0036175007     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-001-0511-5     Document Type: Article

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