A smartphone microscopic method for simultaneous detection of (oo)cysts of Cryptosporidium and Giardia.

• Main Authors: Retina Shrestha (Author), Rojina Duwal (Author), Sajeev Wagle (Author), Samiksha Pokhrel (Author), Basant Giri (Author), Bhanu Bhakta Neupane (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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<h4>Background</h4>Food and water-borne illness caused by ingestion of (oo)cysts of Cryptosporidium and Giardia is one of the major health problems globally. Several methods are available to detect Giardia cyst and Cryptosporidium oocyst in food and water. Most of the available methods r...