Longitudinal studies of Giardia contamination in two community drinking water supplies: Cyst levels, parasite viability, and health impact

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-54

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

^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; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERBIL; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SPP.; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 0030023016     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.47-54.1996     Document Type: Article

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