Real-time PCR for quantification of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in environmental water samples and sewage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5178-5185

  Guy, Rebecca A ^a   Payment, Pierre ^b   Krull, Ulrich J ^a   Horgen, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PATHOLOGY;

IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

PROTOZOA;

BETA GIARDIN; PRIMER DNA; PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COWP GENE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PROBE; DNA PURIFICATION; FREEZING; GENE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; INTESTINE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; THAWING; ULTRASOUND; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENT; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0141482157     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5178-5185.2003     Document Type: Article

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