Cytometric approach for detection of Encephalitozoon intestinalis, an emergent agent

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1021-1024

  Barbosa, Joana ^a,b   Rodrigues, Acácio Gonçalves ^a,c   Pina Vaz, Cidália ^a,c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INCUBATION TIME; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; WATER ANALYSIS;

COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; ENCEPHALITOZOON; ENCEPHALITOZOONOSIS; FECES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 67650355457     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: 1556679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.00031-09     Document Type: Article

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