Comparison of most probable number-PCR and most probable number-foci detection method for quantifying infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in environmental samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 363-372

  Carey, Christine M ^a   Lee, Hung ^a   Trevors, Jack T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cryptosporidium parvum; Foci detection method (FDM); Most probable number (MPN); PCR

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 33748747206     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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