EFFECTS OF PRESERVATIVES ON VIABILITY OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM OOCYSTS

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作者
CAMPBELL, AT
ROBERTSON, LJ
SMITH, HV
机构
[1] STOBHILL GEN HOSP, SCOTTISH PARASITE DIAGNOST LAB, GLASGOW G21 3UW, SCOTLAND
[2] UNIV STRATHCLYDE, DIV ENVIRONM HLTH, GLASGOW G1 1XQ, SCOTLAND
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D O I
10.1128/AEM.59.12.4361-4362.1993
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Potassium dichromate and formalin reduced the viability of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts as assessed by inclusion or exclusion of 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole (DAPI) and propidium iodide (PI) and excystation. Some formalin-treated oocysts containing dead sporozoites excluded PI; that this fluorogenic assay relies not solely upon exclusion of PI but also upon highlighting of sporozoite nuclei by DAPI is reiterated.
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