Investigation of potential zooanthroponotic transmission of cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis through agricultural use of reclaimed wastewater

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 405-418

  Di Giovanni, George D ^a   Betancourt, Walter Q ^a   Hernandez, Joe ^a   Assadian, Naomi W ^a   Flores Margez, Juan P ^b   Lopez, Esaul Jaramillo ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CIUDAD JUÁREZ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Cryptosporidium hominis; Cryptosporidium parvum; Giardia lamblia (syn. G. duodenalis, G. intestinalis); Reclaimed wastewater; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FORAGE; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOASSAY; PARASITIC DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SHEEP; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MEXICO; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SHEEP; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

CHIHUAHUA; JUAREZ; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

BOS TAURUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33845607195     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: 13691619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120601095100     Document Type: Article

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