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Protozoan (waterborne) Over recent decades, parasitic protozoa have been recognized as having great potential to cause waterborne and foodborne disease. In the developing world, contamination of drinking water with protozoan pathogens poses a serious threat to millions of people, however, periodic outbreaks are also seen in the developing world, often caused by the protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium sp., Giardia sp., and Entamoeba histolytica. Parasite-free drinking water relies on conventional water treatment — a regimen of coagulation/flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection which normally removes protozoan parasites effectively. Simple, cheap methods for the identification of protozoans in environmental samples are still needed as the standard procedures for the detection of many species were developed several decades ago and rely on microscopy identification of cysts and trophozoites.

Bouzid, M. Steverding, D. and Tyler, K.M. (2008). Detection and surveillance of waterborne protozoan parasites Current Opinion Biotechnololg,19(3):302-6. Dawson, D. (2005). Foodborne protozoan parasites. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 103: 207– 227.

Cryptosporidium parvum ANTIBODIES Catalog # Specificity

Host / Source Mouse

Dry Ice

Clone # Tested Apps

Format

Preservative

C65760M Cryptosporidium parvum (Oocysts) Human/Bovine C01484M Cryptosporidium parvum, membrane antigen

107

EIA

N Purified

NaN3 NaN3

Mouse B621M EIA,IFA N Purified

Entamoeba histolytica ANTIBODIES Catalog # Specificity C65535M Entamoeba histolytica C65553M Entamoeba histolytica C55170M Entamoeba histolytica HK-9 C55500M Entamoeba histolytica HK-9

Host / Source

Dry Ice

Clone # Tested Apps

Format

Preservative

Mouse BDI535 Mouse BDI553

EIA

N Purified N Purified N Ascites N Ascites

NaN3 NaN3 NaN3 NaN3

EIA,IHC(p)

Mouse Mouse

5001 5000

EIA EIA

Giardia ANTIBODIES Catalog # Specificity C01597M Giardia lamblia C01598M Giardia lamblia C65361M Giardia lamblia C65612M Giardia lamblia C65672M Giardia lamblia

Host / Source

Dry Ice

Clone # Tested Apps

Format

Preservative

Mouse B1261M EIA,WB,IFA,Pr N Purified

NaN3 NaN3 NaN3 NaN3 NaN3 NaN3

Mouse B1262M EIA,IFA,Pr

N Purified

Mouse BDI361 EIA,IFA,WB,Pr N Purified Mouse BDI612 EIA,IFA,WB,Pr N Purified

Mouse BDI276

EIA,IFA,Pr

N Purified N Purified

C01485M Giardia lamblia, extracellular domain

Mouse B623M IFA

Matched antibody pairs

Specificity

Capture Antibody Detection Antibody

C65672M C65672M C01598M C65672M C65612M

C65361M C01597M C65361M C65361M C65361M

Giardia lamblia

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