Immunomagnetic capture PCR to detect viable Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts from environmental samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3134-3138

  Deng, Ming Qi ^a   Cliver, Dean O ^a   Mariam, Tadesse W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTAMINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0030752852     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3134-3138.1997     Document Type: Article

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