Ammonia inactivation of Ascaris ova in ecological compost by using urine and ash

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5133-5137

  McKinley, James W ^a   Parzen, Rebecca E ^a   Guzmán, Álvaro Mercado ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCARIS; CONTACT TIME; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; LAG PHASE; PATHOGEN INACTIVATION; PH VALUE; THRESHOLD LEVELS;

AMMONIA; BODY FLUIDS; ECOLOGY; PATHOGENS; UREA;

COMPOSTING;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; ASH; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HYDROLYSIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PARASITE; PH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THRESHOLD; URINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BOLIVIA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OOCYTE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SANITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; URINE;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; BOLIVIA; FECES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; OVUM; SANITARY ENGINEERING; TIME FACTORS; TOILET FACILITIES; URINE;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES;

EID: 84866177887     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00631-12     Document Type: Article

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