
Project 2819
Improved In Vitro Culture of Cryptosporidium parvum
$203,087
Principal Investigator
Giovanni Widmer
Project Manager
Michaela N Hasan
Contractor
Tufts University
Abstract
Evaluates improved cell culture methods for the detection of viable oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum and validates an optimized cell culture system for the detection of C. parvum oocysts spiked in surface water. Published in 2005.