Clams (Corbicula fluminea) as bioindicators of fecal contamination with Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. in freshwater ecosystems in California

International Journal for Parasitology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 673-684

  Miller, Woutrina A ^a   Atwill, Edward R ^a   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Miller, Melissa A ^a   Fritz, Heather M ^a   Hedrick, Ronald P ^a   Melli, Ann C ^a   Barnes, Nicole M ^a   Conrad, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivalve; Clam; Cryptosporidium; Fecal pollution; Giardia; Waterborne pathogens

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PROTOZOAL DNA; WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; FECAL COLIFORM; RIVER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; EXOCRINE GLAND; FECES ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; GIARDIA; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE EXAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BIVALVIA; CORBICULA FLUMINEA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 18044396915     PISSN: 00207519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2005.01.002     Document Type: Article

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