Improvement of detection method of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in reclaimed water

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 380-384

  Zhang, Tong ^a   Xie, Xing ^a   Hu, Hongying ^a   Song, Yudong ^a   Wu, Qianyuan ^a   Zong, Zusheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Concentration; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Immunomagnetic separation (IMS); Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 49149111173     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-008-0052-6     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Bastos R K X, Heller L, Vieira M B M. Giardia sp. cysts and Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts dynamics in southeast Brazil: Occurrence in surface water and removal in water treatment processes. Water Supply, 2004, 4(2): 15-22
2. Masago Y, Oguma K, Katayama H. Cryptosporidium monitoring system at a water treatment plant, based on waterborne risk assessment. Water Science and Technology, 2004, 50(1): 293-299
3. Hashimoto A, Kunikane S, Hirata T. Prevalence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in the drinking water supply in Japan. Water Research, 2002, 36(3): 519-526
4. Hsu B M, Huang C P, Hsu C L, Yeh J H. Occurrence of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in the Kau-Ping River and its watershed in Southern Taiwan. Water Research, 1999, 33(11): 2701-2707
5. Bukhari Z, Smith H V, Sykes N, Humphreys S W, Paton C A, Ficker C R. The Occurrence of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts and Giardia cysts in sewage influents and effluents from treatment plants in England. Water Science and Technology, 1997, 35(11-12): 385-390
6. Rose J B, Farrah S R, Harwood V J, Scott T M. Reduction of pathogens, indicator bacteria, and alternative indicators by wastewater treatment and reclamation processes. Water Environment Research Foundation Final Report, 2004
7. Gennaccaro A L, McLaughlin M R, Quintero-Betancourt W, et al. Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in final reclaimed effluent. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2003, 69(8): 4983-4984
8. Scott T M, McLaughlin M R, Harwood V J, et al. Reduction of pathogens, indicator bacteria, and alternative indicators by wastewater treatment and reclamation processes. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 2003, 3(4): 247-252
9. Harwood V J, Levine A D, Scott T M, Chivukula V, Lukaisk J, Farrah S R, Rose J B. Validity of the indicator organism paradigm for pathogen reduction in reclaimed water and public health protection. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2005, 71(6): 3163-3170
10. Carey C M, Lee H, Trevors J T. Biology, persistence and detection of Cryptosporidium parvum and Cryptosporidium hominis oocyst. Water Research, 2004, 38: 818-862
11. United States Environmental Protection Agency. Method 1623: Cryptosporidium in Water by Filtration/IMS/FA. EPA-821-r-99-006. 1999
12. Hsu B, Huang C, Hsu Y, Jiang G, Hsu C. Evaluation of two concentration methods for detecting Giardia and Cryptosporidium in water. Water Research, 2001, 35(2): 419-424
13. Zong Z S, Hu H Y, Zhang J S, Lu Y X, Yu D J, Deng Z P. Detection of Cryptosporidium oocysts in Water by using PCR technology. China Water & Wastewater, 2004, 20(8): 91-93 (in Chinese)
14. Emelko M B, Brown T. How conditions and coagulant type can affect Crypto removal. Environmental Science & Engineering, 2003, 5: 1-5
15. Emelko M B, Huck P M, Douglas I P. Cryptosporidium and microsphere removal during late in-cycle filtration. American Water Works Association Journal, 2003, 95(5): 173-182
16. Kim H S, Shikiya J, Akiba M, Kunikane S. Examination of monodispersed artificial particles similar to C. parvum oocysts in size as the removal surrogate of Cryptosporidium. Journal of Water Supply: Rearch and Technology, 2004, 53(1): 51-59
17. Emelko M B, Huck P M. Microspheres as surrogates for Cryptosporidium filtration. American Water Works Association Journal, 2004, 96(3): 94-105
18. Pezzana A, Vilaginès Ph, Bordet F, Sarrette B, Vilagines R. Optimization of the Envirochek capsule method and immunomagnetic separation procedure for the detection of low levels of Cryptosporidium in large drinking water samples. Water Science and Technology, 2000, 41(7): 111-117
19. Hu J, Feng Y, Ong S L, Ng W L, Song L, Tan X, Chu X. Improvement of recoveries for the determination of protozoa Cryptosporidium and Giardia in water using method 1623. Journal of Microbiological Methods, 2004, 58: 321-325
20. Feng Y, Ong S L, Hu J, Song L, Tan X, Ng W L. Effect of Particles on the Recovery of Cryptosporidium oocysts from source water samples of various turbidities. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2003, 69(4): 1898-1903
21. Warren L A, Ferris F G. Continuum between sorption and precipitation of Fe(III) on microbial surfaces. Environmental Science & Technology, 1998, 32: 2331-2337
22. Yakub G P, Stadterman-Knauer K L. Evaluation of Immunomagnetic separation for recovery of Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia duodenalis from high-iron matrices. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2000, 66(8): 3628-3631