A fast method for detecting Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in real world samples

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 5692, Issue , 2005, Pages 341-350

  Stewart, Shona ^a   McClelland, Lindy ^a   Maier, John ^a  

^a ChemImage Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Oocysts; Raman; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; RAMAN SCATTERING; REACTION KINETICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

CHEMICAL IMAGING; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OOCYSTS; WATER MONITORING;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 21844440276     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.589363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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