Determining UV inactivation of toxoplasma gondii oocysts by using cell culture and a Mouse Bioassay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 5140-5147

  Ware, Michael W ^a,e   Augustine, Swinburne A J ^a,e   Erisman, David O ^a   See, Mary Jean ^c   Wymer, Larry ^a   Hayes, Samuel L ^b   Dubey, J P ^d   Villegas, Eric N ^a,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e Vnamac Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-VITRO; MOUSE BIOASSAY; OOCYSTS; REAL-TIME PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; UV EXPOSURE; UV INACTIVATIONS; UV- AND; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; CELL CULTURE; DISINFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOASSAY;

BIOASSAY; CYST; DISINFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; REAL TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOUSE; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; OOCYSTS; PARASITOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77955582222     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00153-10     Document Type: Article

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