Development and application of different methods for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 102-106

  Kourenti, Christina ^a   Heckeroth, Anja ^b   Tenter, Astrid ^b   Karanis, Panagiotis ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGATION; CONTAMINATION; FLOCCULATION; ORE PELLETS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CONTAMINATED SAMPLES;

WATER TREATMENT;

CENTRIFUGE; DETECTION METHOD; MICROORGANISM; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; FLOCCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; CENTRIFUGATION; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FLOCCULATION TESTS; MICE; OOCYSTS; PARASITOLOGY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

MAMMALIA; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0345772106     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.1.102-106.2003     Document Type: Article

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