Probes for the specific detection of Cryptosporidium parvum

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2668-2671

  Lindquist, H D Alan ^a  

^a Ecological Exposure Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Detection; Oocyst; Probe; Ribosomal; rRNA

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; OLIGOMERS; PROBES; RNA;

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN PHOSPHORAMADITE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

MICROORGANISMS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0031259947     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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