Investigation of waterborne parasites in drinking water sources of Ankara, Turkey

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-151

  Bakir, Bilal ^a   Tanyuksel, Mehmet ^a   Saylam, Fatma ^a   Tanriverdi, Sultan ^b,c   Araz, R Engin ^a   Hacim, Ali Kasim ^a   Hasde, Metin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b MUSTAFA KEMAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Entamoeba; Giardia; Water; Waterborne parasites

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PARASITE ANTIGEN; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EGG; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTAMOEBA; ENTAMOEBA DISPAR; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; STRONGYLOIDES; STRONGYLOIDES STERCORALIS; TRICHURIS; TRICHURIS TRICHIURA;

EID: 0038796161     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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