Comparison of various staining methods for the detection of Cryptosporidium in cell-free culture

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 67-72

  Boxell, Annika ^a,d   Hijjawi, Nawal ^b,d   Monis, Paul ^c   Ryan, Una ^a,d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c South Australian Water Corporation   (Australia)

^d Cryptogen Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cell free; CFSE; Crypto Cel; Cryptosporidium; DAPI; Fluorescent in situ hybridisation (FISH); Sporo Glo ; Staining methods; Texas Red

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; ANTIBODY; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE SUCCINIMIDYL ESTER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CULTURE MEDIA; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INDOLES; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; RNA PROBES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; STAINING AND LABELING; SUCCINIMIDES; XANTHENES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 48649089067     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2008.04.023     Document Type: Article

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