Failure to propagate Cryptosporidium spp. in cell-free culture

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 399-400

  Girouard, Donald ^a   Gallant, Jennifer ^a   Akiyoshi, Donna E ^a   Nunnari, John ^a   Tzipori, Saul ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; MICROSCOPY; PARASITE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PROTOZOAN; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIFE CYCLE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33646490341     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-661R.1     Document Type: Article

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