Evaluation of methodologies including immunofluorescent assay (IFA) and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for detection of human pathogenic microsporidia in water

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 43-52

  Dowd, Scot E ^a   Gerba, Charles P ^a   Kamper, Matthew ^a   Pepper, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Detection; IFA; Microsporidia; PCR; Water; Waterborne pathogen

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCYTOZOON; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROSPORIDA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MICROSPORIDA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROCYTOZOON; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; MICROSPORIDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032970064     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(98)00101-8     Document Type: Article

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