A novel method for detection of viable Giardia cysts in water samples

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1948-1951

  Jarmey Swan, C ^a,c   Gibbs, R A ^b   Ho, G E ^b   Bailey, I W ^a   Howgrave Graham, A R ^c  

^a Umgeni Water   (South Africa)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fluorescein diacetate; Giardia; Tetramethylrhodamine; Viability

Indexed keywords

AMINES; DISINFECTION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

FLUORESCEIN DIACETATE;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

WASTEWATER; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CYST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 0033955971     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00327-9     Document Type: Article

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