Identification and determination of the viability of Giardia lamblia cysts and Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis oocysts in human fecal and water supply samples by fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) and monoclonal antibodies

Parasitology Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-53

  Lemos, Vanessa ^a   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^b   Alves, Margarida ^a   Lobo, Maria Luísa ^a   Sousa, Maria C ^c   Antunes, Francisco ^a,d   Matos, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium hominis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Detection; FISH; Giardia lamblia; MAbs; Viability; Water supply samples

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; SMALL SUBUNIT RIBOSOMAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FECES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 27944449613     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-005-0018-6     Document Type: Article

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