First report of Cryptosporidium spp. oocysts in oysters (Crassostrea rhizophorae) and cockles (Tivela mactroides) in Brazil

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-532

  Leal, Diego Averaldo Guiguet ^a   Pereira, Mirna Aparecida ^a   Franco, Regina Maura Bueno ^a   Branco, Nilson ^a   Neto, Romeu Cantusio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b Laboratory of Microbiology   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cockles; Cryptosporidium; Detection; Oysters; Seawater

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COCKLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYST; OYSTER; PARASITOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARDIIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; OOCYSTS; OSTREIDAE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 59449100255     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.065     Document Type: Article

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