Labeling surface epitopes to identify cryptosporidium life stages using a scanning electron microscopy-based immunogold approach

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-28

  Edwards, Hanna ^a   Andrew Thompson, R C ^a   Koh, Wan H ^a   Clode, Peta L ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Apicomplexa; Immunochemistry; Oocysts; Parasite; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SHEDDING; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GAMETOCYTE; GAMONT; HOST CELL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IN VITRO STUDY; MEROZOITE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTIST LIFE CYCLE STAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EPITOPES; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MEROZOITES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OOCYSTS; TROPHOZOITES;

APICOMPLEXA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 84855946617     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: 10961194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcp.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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