Detection of viable Giardia cysts by amplification of heat shock- induced mRNA

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 324-328

  Abbaszadegan, Morteza ^a   Huber, Mary S ^b   Gerba, Charles P ^b   Pepper, Ian L ^b  

^a Amer Water Wk Serv Company Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIARDIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA SEQUENCE;

GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031013997     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.324-328.1997     Document Type: Article

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