Detection of Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts on Fresh Produce Using DNA Aptamers

• Asma Iqbal ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Asma Iqbal, Mahmoud Labib

  Affiliation Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Mahmoud Labib ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Asma Iqbal, Mahmoud Labib

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Darija Muharemagic,

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Syed Sattar,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Brent R. Dixon ,

  * E-mail: Brent.Dixon@hc-sc.gc.ca (BRD); Maxim. Berezovski@uottawa.ca (MVB)

  Affiliation Bureau of Microbial Hazards, Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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• Maxim V. Berezovski

  * E-mail: Brent.Dixon@hc-sc.gc.ca (BRD); Maxim. Berezovski@uottawa.ca (MVB)

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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