Detection of infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in surface and filter backwash water samples by immunomagnetic separation and integrated cell culture-PCR

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 3427-3432

  Di Giovanni, George D ^a   Hashemi, F Helen ^a   Shaw, Nancy J ^a   Abrams, Felicia A ^a   LeChevallier, Mark W ^b   Abbaszadegan, Morteza ^a  

^a American Water Works Service Company   (United States)

^b American Water Voorhees   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL SEPARATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0032772342     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.8.3427-3432.1999     Document Type: Article

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