A method for collecting large quantities of Cryptosporidium parasites.
The intestinal mucoso may be regarded as a potential and abundant source of Cryptosporidium parvurn parasites from which all developmental stages might be collected. If intracellular stages could be recovered from the brush border, many of the limitations concerned with the use of oocysts and in vitro cultures may be overcome. Hans-Michael Muller, Lorella Ranucci, Edoordo Pozio and Andrea Crisonti discuss here how this can be done.
Istituto di Para-ssitologia, University di Roma La Sapienza, Piozzole le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy.
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