Effect of low pH on the morphology and viability of Cryptosporidium andersoni sporozoites and histopathology in the stomachs of infected mice

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 287-292

  Matsubayashi, Makoto ^a,b   Ando, Haruka ^c   Kimata, Isao ^d   Takase, Hiroshi ^e   Nakagawa, Hideki ^d   Furuya, Masaru ^c   Tani, Hiroyuki ^c   Sasai, Kazumi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Osaka Yuhigaoka Gakuen Junior College   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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

^e Hanaichi Ultrastructure Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium andersoni; Histopathological change; Mucin; Stomach

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; MUCIN;

HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; PH; STOMACH CONTENT; VIABILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PARASITE VIABILITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPOROZOITE; STOMACH GLAND; STOMACH LESION; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH PH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICE; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OOCYSTS; SPOROZOITES; STOMACH;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; MUS;

EID: 79951809795     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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