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Evaluation of recovery of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts using membrane filtration
Author(s) -
Dawson D. J.,
Maddocks M.,
Roberts J.,
Vidler J. S.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1993.tb01465.x
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium parvum , filtration (mathematics) , cryptosporidium , chromatography , membrane , microbiology and biotechnology , chemistry , biology , feces , biochemistry , mathematics , statistics
Recovery of oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum using 142 mm diameter 1.2 μm pore size acrylic copolymer membrane filters was evaluated. A mean recovery efficiency of 25.5% for oocyst concentrations of about 200 in 10 1 was achieved, making this method a simple and relatively efficient procedure compared with current standard methods.