Comparison of animal infectivity and nucleic acid staining for assessment of Cryptosporidium parvum viability in water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 406-412

  Neumann, Norman F ^a   Gyürek, Lyndon L ^a   Gammie, Leslie ^b   Finch, Gordon R ^a   Belosevic, Miodrag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b EPCOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MOUSE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 17544388551     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.66.1.406-412.2000     Document Type: Article

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