Detection of Cyclospora cayetanensis in wastewater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2284-2286

  Sturbaum, Gregory D ^a   Ortega, Ynes R ^b   Gilman, Robert H ^c,d,e   Sterling, Charles R ^b   Cabrera, Lilia ^e   Klein, Donald A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e ASOCIACIÓN BENÉFICA PRISMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY; WASTEWATER;

CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; OOCYSTS;

ALGAE;

BACTERIUM; POLLUTION; WASTE WATER;

ARTICLE; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032100530     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.6.2284-2286.1998     Document Type: Article

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