The detection of Cryptosporidium and the resolution of mixtures of species and genotypes from water

Infection, Genetics and Evolution

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 3-9

  Ruecker, Norma J ^a,b   Matsune, Joanne C ^b   Lapen, David R ^c   Topp, Edward ^d   Edge, Thomas A ^e   Neumann, Norman F ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Detection; Method 1623; PCR; Resolution; Water

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM;

EID: 84878134382     PISSN: 15671348     EISSN: 15677257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2012.09.009     Document Type: Article

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