Batch solar disinfection inactivates oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum and cysts of Giardia muris in drinking water

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 453-463

  McGuigan, K G ^a   Mendez Hermida F ^b   Castro Hermida, J A ^b   Ares Mazas E ^b   Kehoe, S C ^a   Boyle, M ^a   Sichel, C ^c   Fernandez Ibanez P ^c   Meyer, B P ^d   Ramalingham, S ^d   Meyer, E A ^d  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^d OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cysts; Diarrhoea; Drinking water; Protozoa; Solar disinfection

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; MAMMALS; PROTOZOA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CONTAMINATED WATER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYST; DIARRHEA; EXPOSED TO; EXPOSURE-TIME; GIARDIA; OOCYSTS; OPTICAL-; SOLAR DISINFECTION;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

CYST; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; INFECTIVITY; PROTOZOAN; RODENT;

ARTICLE; BATCH SOLAR DISINFECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CELL WALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DISINFECTION; EXPERIMENT; GIARDIA MURIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PROTOZOON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUSPENSION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA MURIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33745906473     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02935.x     Document Type: Article

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