Intact Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts isolated after in vitro excystation are infectious to neonatal mice

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 331-336

  Neumann, Norman F ^a   Gyürék, Lyndon L ^a   Finch, Gordon R ^a   Belosevic, Miodrag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; In vitro excystation; Infectivity; Oocyst

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INFESTATION; INTESTINE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MALE; MICE;

EID: 0343819746     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00009-4     Document Type: Article

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