Effects of and host cell type on the in vitro growth and development of Sarcocystis falcatula

Parasitology Research

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 22-26

  Elsheikha, Hany M ^a   Saeed, Mahdi A ^a   Fitzgerald, Scott D ^a   Murphy, Alice J ^a   Mansfield, Linda S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BONE CELL; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL BONE; HORSE; HOST CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INOCULATION; LARYNX TUMOR; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA; SKIN CELL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TUMOR CELL CULTURE; VERO CELL;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; PROTOZOA; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS FALCATULA;

EID: 0141538349     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-003-0902-x     Document Type: Article

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