Detection and surveillance of waterborne protozoan parasites

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 302-306

  Bouzid, Maha ^a   Steverding, Dietmar ^a   Tyler, Kevin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

DIARRHOEAL DISEASES; WATERBORNE PARASITES;

PROTOZOA;

BIOSENSOR; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; REVIEW; TECHNOLOGY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

AMEBIASIS; ANIMALS; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; ENGINEERING; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP.; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 46549084834     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.05.002     Document Type: Review

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