Quantification of viable Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in wastewater using propidium monoazide quantitative real-time PCR

Parasitology Research

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2671-2678

  Alonso, José L ^a   Amorós, Inmaculada ^a   Guy, Rebecca A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Giardia; PMA; qPCR; Viable; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BETA GIARDIN; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE; PROPIDIUM IODIDE; PROPIDIUM MONOAZIDE; PROTEIN; TRIOSEPHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYST (RESTING STAGE); EFFLUENT; GENE TARGETING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEAT TREATMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REDUCTION; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; AZIDES; COLORING AGENTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUORESCENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLUTAMATE DEHYDROGENASE; OOCYSTS; PROPIDIUM; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRIOSE-PHOSPHATE ISOMERASE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84903775611     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-014-3922-9     Document Type: Article

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