Comparison of levels of inactivation of two isolates of Giardia lamblia cysts by UV light

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2218-2223

  Li, Dong ^a   Craik, Stephen A ^a   Smith, Daniel W ^a   Belosevic, Miodrag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMASS; IRRADIATION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLLIMATED BEAM PROTOCOL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; PARASITES; TROPHOZOITES;

PROTOZOA;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYST; FECES; INFECTIVITY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MODELING; RODENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FECES ANALYSIS; GERBIL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LIGHT EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; SMALL INTESTINE; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

ANIMALS; GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MALE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 34247466429     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02024-06     Document Type: Article

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