Flow cytometric detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in human stool samples

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2013-2017

  Valdez, Luis M ^a,b   Dang, Han ^a   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a,b   Chappell, Cynthia L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0030809236     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.8.2013-2017.1997     Document Type: Article

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