Quantitative polymerase chain (QPCR) reaction using the MIMIC approach to estimate Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, an intestinal pathogen, in municipal water treatment sludge samples

Molecular and Cellular Probes

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-126

  Udeh, P ^a   Veenstra, J ^a   Abraham, A J ^b   John, G H ^b  

^a Oklahoma State University   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts; Mass balance; MIMIC; QPCR; Sludge

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PLASMID DNA;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0034079321     PISSN: 08908508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mcpr.2000.0294     Document Type: Article

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