A flow cytometric protocol for detection of Cryptosporidium spp.

Cytometry Part A

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-47

  Barbosa, Joana Margarida Moutinho ^a,b,f   Costa de Oliveira, Sofia ^a   Rodrigues, Acácio G ^a,c   Hanscheid, Thomas ^d   Shapiro, Howard ^e   Pina Vaz, Cidália ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO PIAGET   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^d Department of Microbiology   (Portugal)

^e Center for Microbial Cytometry   (United States)

^f Institute of Pharmacology and Therapeutics   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Detection by flow cytometry; Monoclonal antibodies; Stool parasitology diagnosis; Water analysis

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PHYCOERYTHRIN;

ARTICLE; CROSS REACTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUKARYOTE; FECES ANALYSIS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; RELIABILITY; STAINING; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 37849028583     PISSN: 15524922     EISSN: 15524930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.20502     Document Type: Article

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