Complete development and multiplication of Cryptosporidium hominis in cell-free culture

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 169, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 29-36

  Hijjawi, Nawal ^a   Estcourt, Annika ^b   Yang, Rongchang ^b   Monis, Paul ^c   Ryan, Una ^b  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c South Australian Water Corporation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell free culture; Cryptosporidium hominis; Excysted oocysts; FISH; Purified sporozoites; QPCR; Sporo Glo

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DNA DETERMINATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE DEVELOPMENT; SCHIZONT; SPOROZOITE; TROPHOZOITE;

CELL PROLIFERATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; HOT TEMPERATURE; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPOROZOITES;

ANIMALIA; APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77951094072     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2009.12.021     Document Type: Article

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