Studies of Giardia spp. and Cryptosporidium spp. in wwo adjacent watersheds

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2798-2805

  Ong, Corinne ^a,b   Moorehead, William ^b   Ross, Andrew ^b   Isaac Renton, Judith ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CYST; FECES ANALYSIS; GERBIL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

CATTLE; CONTAMINATION; DRINKING WATER; PARASITE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, BLACK MOUNTAIN IRRIGATION DISTRICT; CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VERNON IRRIGATION DISTRICT;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 0029659528     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.8.2798-2805.1996     Document Type: Article

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