Detection of Giardia in environmental waters by immuno-PCR amplification methods

Current Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 107-113

  Mahbubani, Meena H ^a   Schaefer III, Frank W ^b   Jones, Daniel D ^c   Bej, Asim K ^c  

^a Miles College   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PROTOZOAL DNA; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GIARDIA MURIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORES; WATER;

GIARDIA; GIARDIA MURIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0031933813     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002849900288     Document Type: Article

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