Cryptosporidium: Detection in water and food

Experimental Parasitology

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-79

  Smith, Huw V ^a   Nichols, Rosely A B ^a  

^a STOBHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; DNA extraction; Food; IMS; Internal control; Oocysts; Outbreaks; PCR RFLP; Purification; Sequencing; Water

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA PURIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; FECES; FOOD PARASITOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; ZOONOSES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 72449206573     PISSN: 00144894     EISSN: 10902449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exppara.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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