Quantum Dots as a Novel Immunofluorescent Detection System for Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia lamblia

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 597-598

  Zhu, Liang ^a   Ang, Simon ^b   Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b 3202 Bell Engineering Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

PHOTOSTABILITY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

DYE;

ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; QUANTUM DOTS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0347634258     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.1.597-598.2004     Document Type: Article

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