An improved electron microscopic technique for the immunolabeling of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 403-405

  Jenkins, Mark C ^a   Murphy, Charles ^b   Trout, James ^c   Fayer, Ronald ^c  

^a Animal Parasitic Diseases Laboratory   (United States)

^b Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYST; HOST, PEST AND PATHOGEN PROPERTY; IMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE; PROTOZOAN; VERTEBRATE;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL WALL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FREEZING; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRESERVATION; PROTOZOON; SPOROZOITE; THAWING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FIXATIVES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; OOCYSTS; PLASTIC EMBEDDING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646481242     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3539RN.1     Document Type: Article

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