New advances in the in-vitro culture of Dientamoeba fragilis

Parasitology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 864-869

  Munasinghe, Varuni S ^a   Stark, D ^a,b   Ellis, J T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

cholesterol; Dientamoeba fragilis; Earle's balanced salt solution; ferric ammonium citrate; in vitro culture

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; BALANCED SALT SOLUTION; CHOLESTEROL; CYSTEINE; FERRIC AMMONIUM CITRATE; THIOCTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENTAMOEBA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TROPHOZOITE;

ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; CULTURE MEDIA; DIENTAMOEBA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; PARASITOLOGY; TROPHOZOITES;

DIENTAMOEBA FRAGILIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84861848616     PISSN: 00311820     EISSN: 14698161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0031182012000145     Document Type: Article

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