Use of refrigeration as a practical means to preserve viability of in vitro-cultured IDE8 tick cells

Experimental and Applied Acarology

Volumn 39, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 347-352

  Bastos, Camila V ^a   Das Vasconcelos, Maria Mercês C ^a   Ribeiro, Múcio Flávio B ^a   Passos, Lygia M Friche ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

IDE8 cells; In vitro culture; Ixodes scapularis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; FREEZE DRYING; IN SITU TEST; PATHOGEN; PRESERVATION; TICK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; CYTOLOGY; FREEZING; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESERVATION; TICK;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYOPRESERVATION; IXODIDAE; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; REFRIGERATION;

ACARI; IXODES SCAPULARIS; IXODIDA;

EID: 33748291707     PISSN: 01688162     EISSN: 15729702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10493-006-9006-5     Document Type: Article

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