Detection of a single viable Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst in environmental water concentrates by reverse transcription-PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3385-3390

  Stinear, Timothy ^a   Matusan, Anita ^a   Hines, Kate ^a   Sandery, Michael ^a,b  

^a Water Ecoscience Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0029812687     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3385-3390.1996     Document Type: Article

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