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Complete development and long-term maintenance of Cryptosporidium parvum human and cattle genotypes in cell culture.
International journal for parasitology - 1 Aug 2001
Hijjawi N S, Meloni B P, Morgan U M, Thompson R C
Abstract excerpt
This study describes the complete development (from sporozoites to sporulated oocysts) of Cryptosporidium parvum (human and cattle genotypes) in the HCT-8 cell line. Furthermore, for the first time the complete life cycle was perpetuated in vitro for up to 25 days by subculturing. The long-term maintenance of the developmental cycle of the parasite in vitro appeared to be due to the initiation of the...
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