Method detection limits of PCR and immunofluorescence assay for Cryptosporidium parvum in soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2281-2283

  Walker, Mark J ^a   Montemagno, Carlo ^b   Bryant, Juliet C ^b   Ghiorse, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031777669     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2281-2283.1998     Document Type: Article

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