"Oocysts" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Zygote-containing cysts of sporozoan protozoa. Further development in an oocyst produces small individual infective organisms called SPOROZOITES. Then, depending on the genus, the entire oocyst is called a sporocyst or the oocyst contains multiple sporocysts encapsulating the sporozoites.
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D033661
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.870.740.600 B05.500.675 B05.775.740.600 G07.345.500.550.500.675
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Oocysts" by people in Profiles.
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Rani S, Cerqueira-C?zar CK, Murata FHA, Sadler M, Kwok OCH, Pradhan AK, Hill DE, Urban JF, Dubey JP. Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst formation and density of tissue cysts in shoulders of pigs 7 and 14 days after feeding infected mice tissues. Vet Parasitol. 2019 May; 269:13-15.
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Connelly JT, Nugen SR, Borejsza-Wysocki W, Durst RA, Montagna RA, Baeumner AJ. Human pathogenic Cryptosporidium species bioanalytical detection method with single oocyst detection capability. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2008 May; 391(2):487-95.