The Applicability of TaqMan-Based Quantitative Real-Time PCR Assays for Detecting and Enumerating Cryptosporidium spp. Oocysts in the Environment

• Sarah E. Staggs,

  Affiliation National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Erin M. Beckman,

  Affiliation Dynamac Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Scott P. Keely,

  Affiliation National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Reena Mackwan,

  Affiliation Dynamac Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Michael W. Ware,

  Affiliation National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Alan P. Moyer,

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, McMicken School of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• James A. Ferretti,

  Affiliation Region 2, US Environmental Protection Agency, Edison, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Abu Sayed,

  Affiliation Dynamac Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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• Lihua Xiao,

  Affiliation Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

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• Eric N. Villegas

  * E-mail: villegas.eric@epa.gov

  Affiliations National Exposure Research Laboratory, US Environmental Protection Agency, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Biological Sciences, McMicken School of Arts and Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

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