Estimating viability of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) directed at mRNA encoding amyloglucosidase

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 97-106

  Jenkins, Mark C ^a   Trout, James ^a   Abrahamsen, Mitchell S ^b   Lancto, Cheryl A ^b   Higgins, James ^a   Fayer, Ron ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; Viability

Indexed keywords

GLUCAN 1,4 ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ILEUM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GLUCAN 1,4-ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PROTOZOAN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0034672763     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(00)00198-6     Document Type: Article

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