Computer-assisted laser scanning and video microscopy for analysis of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in soil, sediment, and feces

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 724-733

  Anguish, Lynne J ^a   Ghiorse, William C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL VIABILITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0031001285     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.2.724-733.1997     Document Type: Article

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