Nucleic acid stains as indicators of Giardia muris viability following cyst inactivation

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 637-646

  Taghi Kilani, R ^a   Gyurek L L ^a   Millard, P J ^b   Finch, G R ^a   Belosevic, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MOLECULAR PROBES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysts; Disinfectants; Flagellates; giardia muris; Inactivation; Infectivity; Nucleic acid; Protozoa; Viability; Vital dyes

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; INDICATOR; NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; GIARDIA MURIS; NONHUMAN; STAINING;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA MURIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030175015     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7519(96)00033-1     Document Type: Article

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