Structural and biochemical alterations in Giardia lamblia cysts exposed to ozone

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1100-1106

  Widmer, Giovanni ^a   Clancy, Tim ^a   Ward, Honorine D ^a   Miller, Dan ^a   Batzer, Glenda M ^a   Pearson, Christine B ^a   Bukhari, Zia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OZONE; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

OZONE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; DISINFECTION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PARASITOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTOZOON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT;

GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036934955     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2002)088[1100:sabaig]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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