Development of a two-color fluorescence in situ hybridization technique for species-level identification of human-infectious Cryptosporidium spp.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 5996-5998

  Alagappan, A ^a   Bergquist, P L ^a,b   Ferrari, B C ^c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP; EFFECTIVE TOOL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION TECHNIQUES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SIMULTANEOUS IDENTIFICATION; TWO-COLOR;

FLUORESCENCE;

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; HYBRIDIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; COLOR; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 70149119692     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00643-09     Document Type: Article

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