Using the flow cytometry to quantify the giardia cysts and cryptosporidium oocysts in water samples

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 104, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 155-162

  Hsu, Bing Mu ^a,b   Wu, Nan Min ^b   Jang, Hung Der ^b   Shih, Feng Cheng ^b   Wan, Min Tao ^b   Kung, Chien Min ^b  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Flow cytometry; Giardia; Protozoan parasites

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; MARINE BIOLOGY;

FLOW CYTOMETRY (FC); GIARDIA CYSTS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENT ANTIBODIES; OOCYSTS;

WATER POLLUTION;

PARASITE; PROTOZOAN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GIARDIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT; GIARDIA; OOCYSTS; WATER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18144365488     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-1608-6     Document Type: Article

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