Cryptosporidium parvum and Cyclospora cayetanensis: A review of laboratory methods for detection of these waterborne parasites

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-224

  Quintero Betancourt, Walter ^a   Peele, Emily R ^b   Rose, Joan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Cyclospora; Detection; Environment; Waterborne

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRINKING WATER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; WATER; FRESH WATER; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL CULTURE; CELL SELECTION; CONTAMINATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FILTRATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INFESTATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE; PARASITE INCIDENCE; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; PURIFICATION; REVIEW; WASTE WATER; WATER TREATMENT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYCLOSPORA; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY; ANIMALS;

ANIMALIA; COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0036008786     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00007-6     Document Type: Review

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