UV inactivation of Cryptosporidium hominis as measured in cell culture

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2800-2802

  Johnson, Anne M ^a   Linden, Karl ^b   Ciociola, Kristina M ^c,e   De Leon, Ricardo ^a   Widmer, Giovanni ^c   Rochelle, Paul A ^a,d  

^a Water Quality Laboratory   (United States)

^b Duke University   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MICROBIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER RESOURCES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; HUMAN CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS INFECTIONS; UV DISINFECTION;

VIRUSES;

WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISINFECTION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; RADIOSENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISINFECTION; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 18444380272     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2800-2802.2005     Document Type: Article

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