Giardia in shellfish-farming areas: Detection in mussels, river water and waste waters

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 13-18

  Gómez Couso, Hipólito ^a   Méndez Hermida, Fernando ^a   Castro Hermida, José Antonio ^a   Ares Mazás, Elvira ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b Santiago de Compostela Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

Giardia spp.; IFD; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Rivers; Waste water

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; COOKING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESTUARY; GIARDIA; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIVALVIA; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; GILLS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SPAIN;

BIVALVIA; GIARDIA; MOLLUSCA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 24144475884     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2005.04.043     Document Type: Article

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