Project 609

Development of a Test to Assess Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts Viability: Correlation With Infectivity Potential

$242,122
Completed
Principal Investigator
Charles Sterling
Project Manager
Martin J Allen
Contractor
University of Arizona
Microbes & Pathogens

Research Impact

Develops and field tests a method for determining C. parvum viability that can be related to infectivity potential. Includes use of vital dyes, differential interference contrast microscopy, and phase contrast microscopy. Published in 1993.