Assessment of a dye permeability assay for determination of inactivation rates of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 3844-3850

  Jenkins, Michael B ^a   Anguish, Lynne J ^a   Bowman, Dwight D ^a   Walker, Mark J ^b   Ghiorse, William C ^a  

^a College of Veterinary Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCHROME; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; INFECTION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; VIRULENCE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0030768070     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.10.3844-3850.1997     Document Type: Article

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