Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in membrane-filtered municipal wastewater used for irrigation

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7916-7918

  Lonigro, A ^a   Pollice, A ^b   Spinelli, R ^a   Berrilli, F ^c   Di Cave, D ^c   D'Orazi, C ^c   Cavallo, P ^a   Brandonisio, O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; MICROORGANISMS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYST; GIARDIA CYST; WASTEWATER TERTIARY TREATMENT SYSTEM;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CYST; FLAGELLATE; IRRIGATION; RECYCLING; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CITIES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROPORE FILTERS; OOCYSTS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

IRRIGATION; MICROORGANISMS; WASTES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 33845539116     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01903-06     Document Type: Article

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