Criteria for evaluation of proposed protozoan detection methods

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-43

  Lindquist, H D Alan ^a   Dufour, Alfred P ^a   Wymer, Larry J ^a   Schaefer III, Frank W ^a  

^a Natl Environ Res Lab US E   (United States)

Author keywords

Criteria; Evaluation; Methods; Protozoa; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PROTOZOA; WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033037949     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(99)00039-1     Document Type: Article

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