Evaluation of fluorochromes for flow cytometric detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts labelled by fluorescent in situ hybridization

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 352-356

  Deere, D ^a   Vesey, G ^a   Ashbolt, N ^b   Davies, K A ^c   Williams, K L ^a   Veal, D ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c BD Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FISH; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PROBES;

488 NM LASERS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS; CYTOMETERS; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUOROCHROMES; IN-SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABELINGS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBES; OOCYSTS;

FLUORESCENCE;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUOROCHROME;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OOCYST;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031732652     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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