Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in final reclaimed effluent

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4983-4984

  Gennaccaro, Angela L ^a   McLaughlin, Molly R ^a,b   Quintero Betancourt, Walter ^a   Huffman, Debra E ^a   Rose, Joan B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

OOCYSTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

INFECTIOUS DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RECLAMATION; FOCUS DETECTION METHOD MOST PROBABLE NUMBER CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; TECHNIQUE; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; OOCYSTS; SEWAGE; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0042028355     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4983-4984.2003     Document Type: Article

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