A cloth-based hybridization array system for rapid detection of the food- and waterborne protozoan parasites Giardia duodenalis, Cryptosporidium spp. and Toxoplasma gondii

Protozoan parasites in food or water samples are generally detected using microscopy or PCR followed by Sanger sequencing. However, microscopy is subjective, requires a high degree of expertise and has limited sensitivity, while DNA sequencing requires expensive and specialized equipment and facilit...

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Main Authors: Sarah J. Reiling, Harriet Merks, Shawna Zhu, Ryan Boone, Nathalie Corneau, Brent R. Dixon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-09-01
Series:Food and Waterborne Parasitology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405676621000214