Evaluation of the recovery of waterborne Giardia cysts by freshwater clams and cyst detection in clam tissue

Parasitology Research

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 30-34

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Fayer, Ronald ^b   Conn, David Bruce ^c   Lewis, Earl J ^d  

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

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c BERRY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FRESH WATER; GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032919653     PISSN: 00443255     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004360050503     Document Type: Article

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