Infectivity of Giardia lamblia cysts obtained from wastewater treated with ultraviolet light

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3037-3046

  Li, Dong ^a   Craik, Stephen A ^b   Smith, Daniel W ^a   Belosevic, Miodrag ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b EPCOR Water Services   (Canada)

Author keywords

Animal assay; Disinfection; Giardia lamblia; Infectivity; UV reactor; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; PROTOZOA; RIVERS; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INFECTIVITY; REDUCTION EQUIVALENT DOSE; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; UV REACTORS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER-BORNE OUTBREAKS;

EFFLUENTS;

DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; DISINFECTION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; EFFLUENT; INFECTIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GERBIL; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; GIARDIASIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION STERILIZATION; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; GERBILLINAE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; MERIONES UNGUICULATUS;

EID: 70149119980     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.04.024     Document Type: Article

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