Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia carried by synanthropic flies by combined fluorescent in situ hybridization and a monoclonal antibody

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 228-232

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Grimes, Barbara H ^b   Knight, Ronald ^a   Da Silva, Alexandre J ^c   Pieniazek, Norman J ^c   Veal, Duncan A ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Division of Environmental Health   (United States)

^c NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY CONJUGATE; EPITOPE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYST; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OOCYST; SKIN; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; HEXAPODA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRYING; DIPTERA; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INSECT VECTORS; NORTH CAROLINA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037313795     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2003.68.228     Document Type: Article

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