Organotypic slice cultures from rat brain tissue: A new approach for Naegleria fowleri CNS infection in vitro

Parasitology

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 797-804

  Gianinazzi, C ^a   Schild, M ^a   Muller N ^a   Leib, S L ^a   Simon, F ^a   Nunez S ^a   Joss, P ^a   Gottstein, B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Institute of Parasitology   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Naegleria fowleri; Organotypic slice cultures; Primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM); Rat

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

ANIMALIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 28844488338     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182005008619     Document Type: Article

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