Detection and characterisation of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in Hungarian raw, surface and sewage water samples by IFT, PCR and sequence analysis of the SSUrRNA and GDH genes

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 524-533

  Plutzer, Judit ^a   Karanis, Panagiotis ^b,c   Domokos, Klarissza ^a   Törökné, Andrea ^a   Márialigeti, Károly ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^b OBIHIRO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^d EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Genotyping; Giardia; Hungary; IFT; PCR; Water

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUNGARY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYST; PHYLOGENY; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GLUCOSE 1-DEHYDROGENASE; HUNGARY; OOCYSTS; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 50649101693     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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