IMS Method Performance Analyses for Giardia in Water Under Differing Conditions

Overview

Journal Environ Monit Assess

Publisher Springer

Specialty Environmental Health

Date 2006 Nov 16

PMID 17106771

Citations 3

Authors

Bing-Mu Hsu

Chihpin Huang

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Abstract

Immunomagnetic separation (IMS) has been specified as a standard method for the measurement of Giardia under USEPA Method 1623. In this study, IMS was evaluated on the basis of recovery efficiencies for Giardia cysts under various IMS operation conditions. Significant change in recovery was observed by altering the debris ratio of water samples. Notably, cyst recovery efficiencies utilizing IMS dropped with increased turbidity, and results for varying dosages of magnetic beads and cysts indicate that 1 / 100 immunomagnetic beads is sufficient to conjugate large numbers of cysts. Changing vessel volume and replacing the sample buffer had no significant effect on cyst recovery efficiencies.

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