Sensitive and rapid detection of viable Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in large-volume water samples with wound fiberglass cartridge filters and reverse transcription-PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1743-1749

  Kaucner, Christine ^a   Stinear, Timothy ^a  

^a Water Ecoscience Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031834279     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1743-1749.1998     Document Type: Article

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