Viability staining and animal infectivity of Cryptosporidium andersoni oocysts after long-term storage

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 213-217

  Kváč, Martin ^a,b   Květoňová, Dana ^a   Salát, Jiří ^a,b   Ditrich, Oleg ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GERBIL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STORAGE;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GERBILLINAE; OOCYSTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; GERBILLINAE; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 33845451600     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0272-2     Document Type: Article

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