Occurrence of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in activated sludge samples in Campinas, SP, Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 309-313

  Santos, Luciana Urbano ^a   Bonatti, Tais Rondello ^b   Cantusio Neto, Romeu ^c   Franco, Regina Maura Bueno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b FAPESP   (Brazil)

^c Sociedade de Abastecimento de água e Saneamento   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Activated sludge; Cryptosporidium; Ether clarification procedure; Giardia; Sucrose flotation method

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; GIARDIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PROTOZOON; PURIFICATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SUCROSE FLOTATION METHOD; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 11144220505     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652004000600003     Document Type: Article

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