TY - JOUR
T1 - Short report
T2 - Enumerating leptospires using the Coulter counter
AU - Humberd, Christina M.
AU - Murray, Clinton K.
AU - Stuart, Saundra K.
AU - Reeb, Barbara A.
AU - Hospenthal, Duane R.
PY - 2005/11
Y1 - 2005/11
N2 - The currently accepted gold standard for enumeration of leptospires is tabulation of organisms using a Petroff-Hausser counting chamber and dark-field microscopy, a technically demanding, time-consuming technique. Quantification of leptospires with a Coulter counter produced reliable and reproducible counts, comparable to the counting chamber. This experiment demonstrates that the faster, less technically demanding Coulter counter may be an alternative to determine numbers of leptospires.
AB - The currently accepted gold standard for enumeration of leptospires is tabulation of organisms using a Petroff-Hausser counting chamber and dark-field microscopy, a technically demanding, time-consuming technique. Quantification of leptospires with a Coulter counter produced reliable and reproducible counts, comparable to the counting chamber. This experiment demonstrates that the faster, less technically demanding Coulter counter may be an alternative to determine numbers of leptospires.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.962
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.962
M3 - Article
C2 - 16282312
AN - SCOPUS:28044449965
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 73
SP - 962
EP - 963
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 5
ER -