Giardia cysts in sewage influent in Bergen, Norway 15-23 months after an extensive waterborne outbreak of giardiasis

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1147-1152

  Robertson, L J ^a   Forberg, T ^a,b   Gjerde, B K ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Genotype; Giardia; Giardiasis; Outbreak; Sewage

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE DATA; FAECAL SAMPLES; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA CYSTS; GIARDIASI; OUTBREAK; SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS; WATER-BORNE OUTBREAKS;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CYST; DISEASE INCIDENCE; GENOTYPE; PROTOZOAN; SEWAGE; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIASIS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BERGEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; HORDALAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

GIARDIA;

EID: 40849104962     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2007.03630.x     Document Type: Article

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