Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in surface water: A health risk for humans and animals

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 4133-4142

  Castro Hermida, José Antonio ^a   García Presedo, Ignacio ^a   Almeida, André ^b   González Warleta, Marta ^a   Correia Da Costa, José Manuel ^b   Mezo, Mercedes ^a  

^a Centro de Investigacions Agrarias de Mabegondo   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cattle farms; Cryptosporidium spp.; Environmental contamination; Giardia duodenalis; Public health, Spain; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; HEALTH RISKS; POTABLE WATER; PROTOZOA; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

CATTLE FARM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP.; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; FAECAL SAMPLES; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; OOCYSTS; PARASITE-; PUBLIC HEALTH, SPAIN; WATER SAMPLES;

WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

CATTLE; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK FARMING; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RIVER POLLUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; DAIRY CATTLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HEALTH HAZARD; HEIFER; INFECTION RISK; LIVESTOCK; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SPAIN; SPRING; SUMMER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA [SPAIN]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

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

EID: 69949083499     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.06.020     Document Type: Article

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