Detection of cryptosporidium parvum and C. muris Oocysts in spiked backwash water using three PCR-based protocols

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Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-134

  Gibbons A, Cindy L ^a   Rigi, Faiz M ^a   Awad Ei Kariem, Fatih M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; DETECTION; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; FILTRATION; MONITORING; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0031822618     PISSN: 14344610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1434-4610(98)70017-3     Document Type: Article

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