Waterborne transmission of protozoan parasites: Review of worldwide outbreaks - An update 2004-2010

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6603-6614

  Baldursson, Selma ^a   Karanis, Panagiotis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contamination; Diarrhea; Protozoan parasites; Public health surveillance systems; Waterborne disease outbreak (WBDO); Worldwide review

Indexed keywords

MONITORING; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; PARASITIC PROTOZOAN; PROTOZOAN PARASITES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS; WATER-BORNE DISEASE; WATERBORNE DISEASE OUTBREAK; WATERBORNE TRANSMISSION; WORLDWIDE REVIEW;

PROTOZOA;

DIARRHEAL DISEASE; ETIOLOGY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PARASITIC DISEASE; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AUSTRALIA; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FECES CULTURE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWIMMING POOL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AUSTRALIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BLASTOCYSTIS HOMINIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 81355154310     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.10.013     Document Type: Review

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