Effect of sunlight on the infectivity of Cryptosporidium parvum in seawater

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1101-1105

  Nasser, Abid M ^a   Telser, Lital ^a,b   Nitzan, Yeshayahu ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Die off; Infectivity; Seawater; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MICROORGANISMS; SEAWATER; SOLAR ENERGY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; INFECTIVITY; OUTBREAKS; SUNLIGHT;

PATHOGENS;

SEA WATER; TAP WATER;

BACTERIUM; CYST; INFECTIVITY; LIGHT EFFECT; PROTOZOAN; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SYNERGISM;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PATHOGENICITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SUNLIGHT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DARKNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEVIVIRUS; OOCYSTS; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 35948966307     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W07-043     Document Type: Article

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