Comparison of primers and optimization of PCR conditions for detection of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia in water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 106-114

  Rochelle, Paul A ^a   De Leon, Ricardo ^a   Stewart, Mic H ^a   Wolfe, Roy L ^a  

^a METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031035648     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.1.106-114.1997     Document Type: Article

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