Occurrence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in water supplies of Russia and Bulgaria

Environmental Research

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 260-271

  Karanis, P ^a,b   Sotiriadou, I ^a   Kartashev, V ^c   Kourenti, C ^a   Tsvetkova, N ^d   Stojanova, K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ROSTOV STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d NATIONAL CENTER OF INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES   (Bulgaria)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VARNA   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Bulgaria; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Russia; Water sources

Indexed keywords

CYST; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PROTOZOAN; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCROSE; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BULGARIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FILTRATION; GIARDIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BULGARIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; RUSSIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BULGARIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROSTOV; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOFIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VARNA BAY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 33749988818     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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