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Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in water: effect of the number of samples and analytic replicates on test results.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Sept 2006
Xiao Lihua, Alderisio Kerri A, Jiang Jianlin
Abstract excerpt
Due to the small number of Cryptosporidium oocysts in water, the number of samples taken and the analyses performed can affect the results of detection. In this study, 42 water samples were collected from one watershed during 20 storm events over 1 year, including duplicate or quadruplicate samples from 16 storm events. Ten samples from four events had three to eight subsamples. They were processed by EPA method...
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