TY - JOUR
T1 - In vitro interactions of Asian freshwater clam (Corbicula fluminea) hemocytes and Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts
AU - Graczyk, Thaddeus K.
AU - Fayer, Ronald
AU - Cranfield, Michael R.
AU - Conn, David Bruce
PY - 1997/7
Y1 - 1997/7
N2 - Corbicula fluminea hemocytes phagocytosed infectious oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro. After 15, 30, 60, 90, and 120 min of incubation, averages of 35.8, 58.0, 69.7, 77.7, and 81.6% of the oocysts were phagocytosed by 24.3, 70.0, 78.5, 87.3, and 93.0% of the hemocytes, respectively. A single clam can retain by phagocytosis an average of 1.84 x 106 oocysts per ml of hemolymph. C fluminea bivalves can serve as biological indicators of contamination of wastewaters and agricultural drainages with Cryptosporidium.
AB - Corbicula fluminea hemocytes phagocytosed infectious oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum in vitro. After 15, 30, 60, 90, and 120 min of incubation, averages of 35.8, 58.0, 69.7, 77.7, and 81.6% of the oocysts were phagocytosed by 24.3, 70.0, 78.5, 87.3, and 93.0% of the hemocytes, respectively. A single clam can retain by phagocytosis an average of 1.84 x 106 oocysts per ml of hemolymph. C fluminea bivalves can serve as biological indicators of contamination of wastewaters and agricultural drainages with Cryptosporidium.
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U2 - 10.1128/aem.63.7.2910-2912.1997
DO - 10.1128/aem.63.7.2910-2912.1997
M3 - Article
C2 - 16535656
AN - SCOPUS:0030842054
SN - 0099-2240
VL - 63
SP - 2910
EP - 2912
JO - Applied and environmental microbiology
JF - Applied and environmental microbiology
IS - 7
ER -