Real-time PCR for quantification of giardia and cryptosporidium in environmental water samples and sewage /

Míreanna Comhchosúla

• Assessment of methods for detection of infectious cryptosporidium oocysts and giardia cysts in reclaimed effluents /
• Failure to differentiate cryptosporidium parvum from C. meleagridis based on PCR amplification of eight DNA sequences /
• Intraspecies polymorphism of cryptosporidium parvum revealed by PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and RFLP-single-strand conformational polymorphism analyses /
• New method using sedimentation and immunomagnetic separation for isolation and enumeration of cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and giardia lamblia cysts /
  le: Massanet-Nicolau, Jaime.
• Development of a PCR-enzyme immunoassay oligoprobe detection method for toxoplasma gondii oocysts, incorporating PCR controls /
  le: Schwab, Kellogg J.