Cryopreservation of protozoan parasites

Cryobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-7

  Miyake, Yuko ^a   Karanis, Panagiotis ^b   Uga, Shoji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; Cryoprotectant; Freezing; Parasites; Protozoa; Seeding; Thawing

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; GLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTION; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EXPOSURE; FREEZING; LEISHMANIA; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; THAWING; TRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BLASTOCYSTIS; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; LEISHMANIA AMAZONENSIS; PENTATRICHOMONAS HOMINIS; PROTOZOA; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI GAMBIENSE;

EID: 1242270541     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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