A simple and rapid technique for concentration of entamoeba histolytica cysts from contaminated water
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19269026 |
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| Authors | Yamini Kulkarni, Y S Kulkarni (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute), RISHI SHANKER (0000-0003-0128-9806, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute), Anuradha Gadkari (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute), Purushottam Khanna (National Environmental Engineering Research Institute) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 307-311 |
| Publication date | 1993-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Environmental Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7233 • E-ISSN: 1026-7476 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00207239308710870 |
| OpenAlex | W2065259967 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
Entamoeba histolytica, the causative agent of amebiasis, has world wide distribution. A simple and rapid technique was developed for the concentration of Entamoeba histolytica cysts from contaminated water. The efficiency of the procedure is 80% and it requires five hours. The procedure was used to determine Entamoeba histolytica cysts in water samples from various sampling points on river Kanhan and the lakes in and around Nagpur City. The cyst recovery in environmental samples varied from 0.3 to 31 cysts/L. This methodology can prove useful for rapid detection of the cysts in contaminated water by microscopic or nucleic acid probe techniques
Biology · Contaminated water · Contamination · Entamoeba · Entamoeba histolytica · Nucleic acid · Amoebic Infections and Treatments · Biochemistry · Chemistry · Diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry · Environmental Science · Microbiology · Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
| Highly cited | No |
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