Activity of bleach, ethanol and two commercial disinfectants against spores of Encephalitozoon cuniculi

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 136, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 343-346

  Jordan, Carly N ^a,b   DiCristina, Jennifer A ^a   Lindsay, David S ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bleach; Disinfectants; Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Ethanol; Microsporidia; Sterilization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BLEACHING AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; FIBROBLAST; IN VITRO STUDY; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; PROTOZOAN SPORE;

ANIMALS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CELLS, CULTURED; DISINFECTANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; ETHANOL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPORES, FUNGAL; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33644616323     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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