TABLE 3.
Recovery and detection of C. parvum by IMS-PCR and IMS-FA from oocyst-inoculated turbid water samples without agitationa
| Trial | Detection by nested PCR and FA
|
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low turbidity (200 NTU)
|
High turbidity (1,000 NTU)
|
|||
| Detection | No. (%) | Detection | No. (%) | |
| First | +++ | 91 (91%) | + | 71 (71%) |
| Second | +++ | 87 (87%) | +++ | 52 (52%) |
| Avg | 89 (89%) | 62 (62%) | ||
The dose was 100 oocysts. See also Table 2, footnote a.