Occurrence of giardia and cryptosporidium (oo)cysts in the river water of two recreational areas in Selangor, Malaysia

Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 289-302

  Azman, J ^a   Init, I ^a   Wan Yusoff, W S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GIARDIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; RECREATION; RIVER; TIME; WATER POLLUTION; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GIARDIA; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; OOCYSTS; RECREATION; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 74549208531     PISSN: 01275720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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