Development of a method for detection of Giardia duodenalis cysts on lettuce and for simultaneous analysis of salad products for the presence of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7388-7391

  Cook, N ^a   Nichols, R A B ^b   Wilkinson, N ^a   Paton, C A ^b   Barker, K ^a   Smith, H V ^b  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; GIARDIA CYSTS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS CYSTS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LETTUCE; SALAD PRODUCTS; SURFACE CONTAMINANTS;

CENTRIFUGATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VISUALIZATION;

TUMORS;

DYE; REAGENT; TEXAS RED; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CENTRIFUGE; CYST; DETECTION METHOD; MICROSCOPY; PROTOZOAN; VEGETABLE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EXTRACTION; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LETTUCE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SPINACH; STAINING; WATERCRESS;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LETTUCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OOCYSTS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ERUCA VESICARIA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; LACTUCA; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 36649034691     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00552-07     Document Type: Article

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