Long-term survival of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in seawater and in experimentally infected mussels (Mytilus galloprovincialis)

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 711-715

  Tamburrini, A ^a   Pozio, E ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Mussels; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Oocysts; Paratenic host; Seawater; Survival

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RUNOFF; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER;

INFECTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GILL; HEMOLYMPH; INTESTINE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; SURVIVAL; TIME; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIVALVIA; CATTLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GILLS; HEMOLYMPH; INTESTINES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; PARASITE EGG COUNT; SEAWATER; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; BIVALVIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0033055441     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7519(99)00033-8     Document Type: Article

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