Determination of Giardia cyst viability in environmental and faecal samples by immunofluorescence, fluorogenic dye staining and differential interference contrast microscopy

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-242

  Thiriat, L ^a   Sidaner, F ^a   Schwartzbrod, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE;

CONDITION; DIFFERENTIAL INTERFERENCE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FAECAL SAMPLES; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUOROGENICS; GIARDIA CYSTS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TECHNIQUES; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES;

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; FLUOROGENIC DYE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FECES ANALYSIS; GIARDIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; STAINING; WASTE WATER;

GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031842218     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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