Occurrence and potential health risk of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in the Three Gorges Reservoir, China

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2431-2445

  Xiao, Guosheng ^a,b   Qiu, Zhiqun ^a   Qi, Junsheng ^b   Chen, Ji An ^a   Liu, Fengdan ^b   Liu, Wenyi ^a   Luo, Jiaohua ^a   Shu, Weiqun ^a  

^a THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bacterial indicator; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Quantitative microbial risk assessment; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; DISEASES; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH RISKS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; POTABLE WATER; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL INDICATORS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; OOCYSTS; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; TAP WATER; THREE GORGE RESERVOIR; TREATED EFFLUENT; WATER SAMPLES;

SURFACE WATERS;

LAKE WATER; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH WORKER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MORBIDITY; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION CONTROL; PROTOZOAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURFACE WATER; SWIMMING; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL COLIFORM; FLOOD TIDE; FLUID INTAKE; GIARDIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH HAZARD; LAKE; MANAGER; MORBIDITY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWIMMING; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHINA; THREE GORGES RESERVOIR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA;

EID: 84875612540     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.02.019     Document Type: Article

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