Chemical inactivation of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts in water

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 925-931

  Wainwright, Katlyn E ^a   Miller, Melissa A ^a,b   Barr, Bradd C ^a,c   Gardner, Ian A ^a   Melli, Ann C ^a   Essert, Tim ^a,d   Packham, Andrea E ^a   Truong, Tin ^a,d   Lagunas Solar, Manuel ^a,d   Conrad, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; OZONE; WATER;

BIOASSAY; CHLORINE; CYST; DETECTION METHOD; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; OZONE; PROTOZOAN; RODENT; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL VIABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE ISOLATION; PROTOZOON; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BRAIN; CATS; DISINFECTANTS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYSTS; OTTERS; OXIDANTS; OZONE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

MUS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 34848823422     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1063R.1     Document Type: Article

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