Aging of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in river water and their susceptibility to disinfection by chlorine and monochloramine

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1154-1160

  Chauret, Christian ^a   Nolan, Kerry ^b   Chen, Ping ^b   Springthorpe, Susan ^b   Sattar, Syed ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological antagonism; Cryptosporidium; Disinfection; Survival

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; MONOCHLORAMINE; RIVER WATER;

AGE; PARASITE; RESISTIVITY; SURVIVAL;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISINFECTION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CANADA; LAWRENCE RIVER; OTTAWA RIVER;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032419210     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w98-113     Document Type: Article

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