Survival of infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in seawater and Eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Chesapeake Bay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1070-1074

  Fayer, Ronald ^a   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^b   Lewis, Earl J ^c   Trout, James M ^a   Parley, C Austin ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE; OYSTER; PROTOZOAN DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOASSAY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE CARRIER; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OYSTER; SEPTIC TANK;

CHESAPEAKE BAY; USA;

CRASSOSTREA VIRGINICA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 0031885985     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.3.1070-1074.1998     Document Type: Article

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