Morphological changes and viability of Cryptosporidium parvum sporozoites after excystation in cell-free culture media

Parasitology

Volumn 137, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 1861-1866

  Matsubayashi, M ^a   Ando, H ^b   Kimata, I ^c   Nakagawa, H ^c   Furuya, M ^b   Tani, H ^b   Sasai, K ^b  

^a Osaka Yuhigaoka Gakuen Junior College   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; excystation; morphological changes; sporozoites; viability

Indexed keywords

AMYLOPECTIN; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GRANULE CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPOROZOITE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OOCYSTS; SPOROZOITES;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 78650533543     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182010000685     Document Type: Article

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