Development and application of a quantitative, specific assay for Cryptosporidium parvum oocyst detection in high-turbidity environmental water samples

Chlorine-resistant Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in drinking water play an important role in the epidemiology of cryptosporidiosis. Current methods of detecting these organisms in water are insensitive, labor-intensive, highly subjective, and severely limited by sample turbidity. We describe here a...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 2001-07, Vol.65 (1), p.1-9
Hauptverfasser: Lee, YM, Johnson, PW, Call, JL, Arrowood, MJ, Furness, BW, Pichette, SC, Grady, KK, Reeh, P, Mitchell, L, Bergmire-Sweat, D, Mackenzie, WR, Tsang, VC
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