Impact of bathers on levels of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and Giardia lamblia cysts in recreational beach waters

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 3483-3489

  Sunderland, Deirdre ^a   Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Tamang, Leena ^a   Breysse, Patrick N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Giardia lamblia; Recreational water; Surface water; Water quality; Waterborne oocysts

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; RECREATIONAL WATER; WATERBORNE OOCYSTS;

WATER ANALYSIS;

SEA WATER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); SEAWATER; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BEACH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYST; PROTOZOAN; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURBIDITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 34447093616     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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