Introducing a simple and economical method to purify Giardia lamblia cysts

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 42, 2011, Pages 8498-8501

  Barazesh, Afshin ^a   Majidi, Jafar ^b   Fallah, Esmaeel ^c   Gholikhani, Reza ^d  

^a BUSHEHR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d URMIA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cyst; Giardia lamblia; Purification

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PURIFICATION; SEDIMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUCROSE GRADIENT;

GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 80051761461     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb11.391     Document Type: Article

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