Occurrence of cryptosporidium in a wastewater treatment plant in north germany

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 22-23, 2012, Pages 1351-1358

  Ajonina, Caroline ^a   Buzie, Christopher ^a   Ajonina, Irene U ^b   Basner, Alexander ^a   Reinhardt, Heiko ^c   Gulyas, Holger ^a   Liebau, Eva ^b   Otterpohl, Ralf ^a  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Hamburg Water   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 18S;

AUTUMN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; EFFLUENT; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING; WINTER;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MOLECULAR TYPING; OOCYSTS; PARASITOLOGY; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEASONS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84868229169     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.721167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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