Combination of cell culture and quantitative PCR for screening of drugs against Cryptosporidium parvum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 162, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Shahiduzzaman, M ^a   Dyachenko, V ^a   Obwaller, A ^b   Unglaube, S ^a   Daugschies, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b Orphanidis GmbH   (Austria)

Author keywords

C. parvum; Drug efficacy; Halofuginone; Monensin; Quantitative PCR

Indexed keywords

DNA; HALOFUGINONE; MILTEFOSINE; MONENSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; ILEOCECAL VALVE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE, TUMOR; COCCIDIOSTATS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 67349184747     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.03.009     Document Type: Article

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