Occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in raw water from the Atibaia river, campinas, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-111

  Franco, Regina Maura Bueno ^a   Rocha Eberhardt, Rosângela ^a   Cantusio Neto, Romeu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Laboratory of Microbiology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Raw water

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GIARDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA;

EID: 0035290380     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0036-46652001000200011     Document Type: Article

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