Effects of ozone and ultraviolet radiation treatments on the infectivity of Toxoplasma gondii oocysts

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 209-213

  Dumètre, Aurélien ^a   Le Bras, Caroline ^b   Baffet, Maxime ^b   Meneceur, Pascale ^c   Dubey, J P ^d   Derouin, Francis ^c   Duguet, Jean Pierre ^b   Joyeux, Michel ^b   Moulin, Laurent ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche et de Contrôle de l'Eau de Paris   (France)

^b PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inactivation; Oocyst; Ozone; Toxoplasma gondii; UV; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; OZONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; OZONE THERAPY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SPOROZOITE; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; MICE; OOCYSTS; OZONE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

MUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 42249103437     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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