Kinetics of Encephalitozoon spp. infection of human macrophages

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 169-175

  Fischer, Jeffrey ^a   Tran, Diana ^a   Juneau, Richard ^a   Hale Donze, Hollie ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; BROXURIDINE; GAMMA INTERFERON;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; FLUORESCENCE; HOST SPECIFICITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; INVERTEBRATE; PARASITE INFESTATION; PHAGOTROPHY; POLYSACCHARIDE; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPORE; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON CUNICULI; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIFE CYCLE; MACROPHAGE; MICROBIAL KINETICS; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; NONHUMAN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; ENCEPHALITOZOON; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; KINETICS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MACROPHAGES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RABBITS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCEPHALITOZOON; EUKARYOTA; INVERTEBRATA; MICROSPORIDIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40949163497     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1303.1     Document Type: Article

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