Seasonality of Cryptosporidium oocyst detection in surface waters of Meru, Kenya as determined by two isolation methods followed by PCR

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-75

  Muchiri, John M ^a   Ascolillo, Luke ^b   Mugambi, Mutuma ^a   Mutwiri, Titus ^a   Ward, Honorine D ^b   Naumova, Elena N ^b   Egorov, Andrey I ^b   Cohen, Seth ^b   Else, James G ^c   Griffiths, Jeffrey K ^b  

^a KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate flocculation; Cryptosporidium; Kenya; PCR detection; Seasonality; US EPA method 1623

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; RAIN; SUCROSE; SURFACE WATER; FRESH WATER;

DRY SEASON; FLOCCULATION; GENOTYPE; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KENYA; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SEASON;

EASTERN PROVINCE [KENYA]; KENYA; MERU;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GENOTYPE; KENYA; OOCYSTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAIN; SEASONS;

EID: 64049083581     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2009.109     Document Type: Article

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