Constructed wetlands - Are they safe in reducing protozoan parasites?

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-77

  Redder, Andreas ^a   Dürr, Matthias ^a   Daeschlein, Georg ^b   Baeder Bederski, Oliver ^c   Koch, Christoph ^d   Müller, Roland ^c   Exner, Martin ^d   Borneff Lipp, Marianne ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Cryptosporidium parvum; Giardia lamblia; Protozoan pathogens; Protozoan removal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FILTRATION; GERMANY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYST; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; FILTRATION; GERMANY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; OOCYSTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PHRAGMITES; PROTOZOA; SALIX;

EID: 74149092687     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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