Rapid and sensitive detection of single Cryptosporidium oocysts from archived glass slides

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3285-3291

  Sunnotel, O ^a   Snelling, W J ^a   Xiao, L ^b   Moule, K ^c   Moore, J E ^d   Millar, B Cherie ^d   Dooley, J S G ^a   Lowery, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Altnagelvin Laboratory   (United States)

^d BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EQUIPMENT; FECES ANALYSIS; GLASS SLIDE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; LASER CAPTURE MICROSCOPY; LASER MICROSCOPY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 33748762776     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00541-06     Document Type: Article

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