The impact of the waterborne transmission of Toxoplasma gondii and analysis efforts for water detection: An overview and update

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 86-99

  Karanis, Panagiotis ^a   Aldeyarbi, Hebatalla M ^a,d   Mirhashemi, Marzieh E ^b   Khalil, Khalil M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c National Research Center   (Sudan)

^d Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Oocysts; Toxoplasma gondii; Waterborne toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING WATER; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE; WATERBORNE DISEASE;

PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRANSMISSION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; OOCYSTS; SEAWATER; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 84871951152     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1177-5     Document Type: Review

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