Abstract
Ruthenium red staining of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts revealed the presence of a carbohydrate matrix on their outer bilayers that is characteristic of a glycocalyx. Surface labeling of intact oocysts identified material of high molecular weight (> 106) that reacted positively with sera from cryptosporidium-infected patients and with immunoglobulin A monoclonal antibodies.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2022-2024 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Infection and Immunity |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Parasitology
- Microbiology
- Immunology
- Infectious Diseases