A Simple Alcohol-based Method of Oocyst Inactivation for Use in the Development of Detection Assays for Cryptosporidium
Cryptosporidium spp. are obligate, intracellular parasites that cause life-threatening diarrhea among children and immunocompromised adults. Transmission occurs by the fecal-oral route following ingestion of thick-walled oocysts that can contaminate, persist, and resist disinfection in water and foo...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-06-01
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| Series: | Food and Waterborne Parasitology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405676622000208 |