Inactivation of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Clostridium perfringens spores by a mixed-oxidant disinfectant and by free chlorine

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1598-1601

  Venczel, Linda V ^a   Arrowood, Michael ^b   Hurd, Margaret ^b   Sobsey, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; OXIDIZING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 0030960567     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.4.1598-1601.1997     Document Type: Article

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