Seasonal variation and potential sources of cryptosporidium contamination in surface waters of Chao Phraya river and bang PU nature reserve pier, Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 832-840

  Koompapong, Khuanchai ^a   Sukthana, Yaowalark ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium species; Potential sources; River and sea waters; Seasonal variation; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SEA; SEASON; STATISTICS; THAILAND; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEASONS; THAILAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 84868607986     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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