Evaluation and optimization of a reusable hollow fiber ultrafilter as a first step in concentrating Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts from water

Water Research

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2779-2783

  Kuhn, Ryan C ^a   Oshima, Kevin H ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Oocyst; Urafiltration

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MEMBRANES; SANITATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATER RESOURCES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

OOCYSTS;

WATER TREATMENT;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER;

FIBROUS FILTER; MICROORGANISM; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECYCLING; ULTRAFILTRATION;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISINFECTION; EXPERIMENT; FETAL CALF SERUM; FILTER; HOLLOW FIBER MEMBRANE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TECHNIQUE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BOVINAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

FILTER FABRIC; FLUID FILTRATION; HOLLOW FIBER; MEMBRANE; RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0035019421     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00560-1     Document Type: Article

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