Acanthamoeba as a temporal vehicle of Cryptosporidium

Parasitology Research

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1151-1154

  Gomez Couso H ^a   Paniagua Crespo, E ^a   Ares Mazas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE EXAMINATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OOCYSTS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 33847645359     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-006-0377-7     Document Type: Article

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