Comparison of method 1623 and cell culture-PCR for detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in source waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 971-979

  LeChevallier, Mark W ^a   Di Giovanni, George D ^a,e   Clancy, Jennifer L ^b   Bukhari, Zia ^b,f   Bukhari, Shan ^b   Rosen, Jeffrey S ^c   Sobrinho, Jose ^c   Frey, Michelle M ^d  

^a American Water Voorhees   (United States)

^b Clancy Environmental Consultants Inc   (United States)

^c Technol Plan and Mgmt Corporation   (United States)

^d McGuire Environmental Consultants   (United States)

^e TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM   (United States)

^f American Water Works Service Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCES; POTABLE WATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

GENOTYPES;

WATER FILTRATION;

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATTLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0037315787     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.971-979.2003     Document Type: Article

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