Immunomagnetic separation of Cryptosporidium parvum from source water samples of various turbidities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 4495-4499

  Bukhari, Z ^a   McCuin, R M ^a   Fricker, C R ^b   Clancy, J L ^a  

^a Clancy Environmental Consultants Inc   (United States)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; TURBIDITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031734947     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.11.4495-4499.1998     Document Type: Article

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