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Development and evaluation of a real-time PCR for genotyping of Cryptosporidium spp. from water monitoring slides.
Experimental parasitology - 1 Nov 2022
Elwin Kristin, Robinson Guy, Pérez-Cordón Gregorio, Chalmers Rachel M
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Cryptosporidium is an important cause of gastroenteritis globally and the main agent of waterborne outbreaks caused by protozoan parasites. Water monitoring for Cryptosporidium oocysts is by detection and enumeration using stained slide microscopy. Species identification (known as genotyping) may be undertaken post hoc and remains a specialist test, only undertaken in some laboratories. The benchmark method is...
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