Efficacy of an immuno-magnetic separation system for recovering Cryptosporidium oocysts from soils

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 63-70

  McElroy, Wyndi ^a,b   Cabello, Elissette ^a   Pillai, Suresh D ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b American Water Works Service Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0035590399     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2001.tb00230.x     Document Type: Article

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