The abundance of cryptosporidium and giardia spp. in treated effluents produced by four wastewater treatment plants in the gauteng province of South africa

Water SA

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-432

  Dungeni, M ^a   Momba, M N B ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium parvum; Genotype; Giardia lamblia; Removal; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

18S RRNA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; GIARDIA CYSTS; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN PATHOGENS; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; OOCYSTS; POTENTIAL RISKS; RECEIVING WATERS; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATED EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GAMMA RADIOGRAPHY; RECLAMATION; REMOVAL; RNA; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

ABUNDANCE; CYST; DISCHARGE; EFFLUENT; GENE; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTOZOAN; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

GAUTENG; SOUTH AFRICA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 77957005797     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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