A new filter-eluting solution that facilitates improved recovery of Cryptosporidium oocysts from water

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 679-686

  Inoue, Motomu ^a   Rai, Shiba Kumar ^b   Oda, Takuya ^c   Kimura, Kenji ^d   Nakanishi, Masaharu ^e   Hotta, Hak ^f   Uga, Shoji ^g  

^a Hokusetsu Waterworks Office   (Japan)

^b NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^c Water Quality Laboratory   (Japan)

^d Maezawa Industries Inc   (Japan)

^e Water Wk Serv Found Osaka Pref   (Japan)

^f KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Filter eluent; Immunomagnetic separation method (IMS); Recovery; Water

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYSORBATE 80; PYROPHOSPHATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; COCCIDIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ELUTION; FILTER; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; ZOONOSIS;

COCCIDIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 0242289409     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(03)00209-4     Document Type: Article

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