Detection of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in drinking water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2278-2280

  Isaac Renton, Judith ^a,e   Bowie, William R ^a   King, Arlene ^b   Irwin, G Stewart ^c   Ong, Corinne S ^a   Fung, C P ^b   Shokeir, M Omar ^a   Dubey, J P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Canada)

^c British Columbia Ministry of Water Land and Air Protection   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^e VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM; TOXICITY; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA; RODENTIA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 0031779554     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2278-2280.1998     Document Type: Article

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