Development of patent infection in immunosuppressed C57BL/6 mice with a single Cryptosporidium meleagridis oocyst

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 620-622

  Huang, Kehe ^a   Akiyoshi, Donna E ^b   Feng, Xiaochuan ^b   Tzipori, Saul ^b  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INOCULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037668552     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/0022-3395(2003)089[0620:DOPIII]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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