Recovery of waterborne oocysts of Cyclospora cayetanensis by Asian freshwater clams (Corbicula fluminea)

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 928-932

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Ortega, Ynes R ^b   Conn, D Bruce ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLAMP; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DISSOLUTION; FECES ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032414858     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1998.59.928     Document Type: Article

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