Preliminary experiments on use of zebrafish as a laboratory model for Giardia duodenalis infection

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Tysnes, Kristoffer R ^a   Jørgensen, Anders ^b   Poppe, Trygve ^a   Midtlyng, Paul J ^a   Robertson, Lucy J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal model; cyst; Giardia; infection; trophozoite; zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; PARASITOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857584165     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11686-012-0001-1     Document Type: Article

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