Assessment of methods for detection of infectious Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in reclaimed effluents

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5380-5388

  Quintero Betancourt, W ^a   Gennaccaro, A L ^b   Scott, T M ^a   Rose, J B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; IRRIGATION; POLYPROPYLENES; PROTOZOA;

RECLAIMED EFFLUENTS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

POLYPROPYLENE; REAGENT; TAP WATER; WATER;

CYST; DETECTION METHOD; EFFLUENT; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGEN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYST; EFFLUENT STANDARD; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INFECTION RISK; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARAMETER; PRODUCTIVITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SPECIES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; YARN;

ANIMALS; AUTOMATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FEMALE; FILTRATION; GIARDIA; OOCYSTS; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0141482114     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5380-5388.2003     Document Type: Article

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