Morphology and in vitro infectivity of sporozoites of cryptosporidium parvum

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1243-1246

  Petry, Franz ^a   Kneib, Inka ^a   Harris, J Robin ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TAUROCHOLIC ACID;

APICOMPLEXAN LIFE CYCLE STAGE; CARCINOMA CELL; COLON CARCINOMA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; HOST CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OOCYST; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SPOROZOITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, INTERFERENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 77749339834     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2021.1     Document Type: Note

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