Survey and genetic characterization of wastewater in Tunisia for Cryptosporidium spp., Giardia duodenalis, Enterocytozoon bieneusi, Cyclospora cayetanensis and Eimeria spp.

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 431-444

  Ayed, Layla Ben ^a   Yang, Wenli ^b   Widmer, Giovanni ^c   Cama, Vitaliano ^b   Ortega, Ynes ^d   Xiao, Lihua ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Enterocytozoon bieneusi; Genotypes; Giardia duodenalis; Tunisia; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOASSAY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARASITE; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTIST; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RODENT; SLUDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; DNA SEQUENCE; EIMERIA; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA DUODENALIS; HEALTH HAZARD; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTIST; RODENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; TUNISIA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; EIMERIA; EIMERIIDA; ENTEROCYTOZOON; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TUNISIA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER;

TUNISIA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM ANDERSONI; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM HOMINIS; CYCLOSPORA; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; EIMERIA; ENTEROCYTOZOON BIENEUSI; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTISTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 84866302344     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2012.204     Document Type: Article

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