Use of cell culture to assess Cryptosporidium parvum survival rates in natural groundwaters and surface waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5968-5970

  Ives, Rebecca L ^a   Kamarainen, Amy M ^a,c   John, David E ^b   Rose, Joan B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; PATHOGENS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); STATISTICAL METHODS; SURFACE WATERS;

BENCH-SCALE SURVIVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; INACTIVATION;

PLANT CELL CULTURE;

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AQUIFER; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; GROUNDWATER; RESERVOIR; SURFACE WATER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

EID: 34648827416     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00347-07     Document Type: Article

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