Occurrence, source, and human infection potential of Cryptosporidium and giardia spp. in source and tap water in Shanghai, China

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3609-3616

  Feng, Yaoyu ^a   Zhao, Xukun ^a   Chen, Jiaxu ^b   Jin, Wei ^c   Zhou, Xiaonong ^b   Li, Na ^d   Wang, Lin ^a   Xiao, Lihua ^d  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING HOSPITAL   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFECTIVE METHODS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; FARM ANIMALS; GENOTYPING; GIARDIA; HUMAN INFECTION; INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS; OOCYSTS; SEMI-QUANTITATIVE; SHANGHAI , CHINA; SOURCE WATERS; TAP WATER; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FLOCCULATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; POLLUTION DETECTION; PROTOZOA;

WATER FILTRATION;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; PROTOZOAL DNA; WATER;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONATE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MICROSCOPY; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FRACTIONATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHINA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, PROTOZOAN; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE; WATER;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM BAILEYI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM MELEAGRIDIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SUIS; GIARDIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79958279925     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00146-11     Document Type: Article

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