Bather density and levels of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and pathogenic microsporidian spores in recreational bathing water

Parasitology Research

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1729-1731

  Graczyk, Thaddeus K ^a   Sunderland, Deirdre ^a   Tamang, Leena ^a   Lucy, Frances E ^b   Breysse, Patrick N ^a  

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

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BATH; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DENSITY; ENTEROCYTOZOON; FECES MICROFLORA; GIARDIA; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; MICROORGANISM; MICROSPORIDIAN SPORE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASHORE; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; BATHING BEACHES; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIOSIS; RECREATION; SEAWATER; SPORES, FUNGAL; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 34948828555     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-007-0734-1     Document Type: Article

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