Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia genotypes and subtypes in raw and treated water in Portugal

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 732-737

  Lobo, M L ^a   Xiao, L ^b   Antunes, F ^c   Matos, Olga ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Epidemiology; Giardia; Molecular typing; Waterborne protozoa

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; PROTOZOA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC SYSTEM; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP; DIARRHOEAL ILLNESS; FOOD SAFETY; GIARDIA; GIARDIA CYSTS; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GROUND SOURCE; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; PORTUGAL; PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES; SOURCE WATERS; SUBTYPING; WATER SAMPLES; WATERBORNE PROTOZOA;

WATER TREATMENT;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; GENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYST (RESTING STAGE); FOOD SAFETY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; GIARDIASIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MURIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 65649088716     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2009.02605.x     Document Type: Article

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