Giardia cysts in wastewater treatment plants in Italy

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3393-3398

  Cacciò, Simone M ^a   De Giacomo, Marzia ^a   Aulicino, Francesca A ^a   Pozio, Edoardo ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXIDATION; SEDIMENTATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER; WATER RESOURCES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

PATHOGENS;

MICROORGANISMS;

DRINKING WATER; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

CYST; PROTOZOAN; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SEDIMENTATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER SAMPLING;

ITALY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0038316492     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3393-3398.2003     Document Type: Article

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