Waterborne parasites and physico-chemical assessment of selected lakes in Malaysia

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 4185-4191

  Onichandran, Subashini ^a   Kumar, Thulasi ^a   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a   Sawangjaroen, Nongyao ^b   Andiappan, Hemah ^a   Salibay, Cristina C ^c   Chye, Tan Tian ^a   Ithoi, Init ^a   Dungca, Julieta Z ^d   Sulaiman, Wan Y W ^a   Ling, Lau Yee ^a   Nissapatorn, Veeranoot ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^d Centro Escolar University   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COPPER; FLUORIDE; FRESH WATER; MERCURY; NITRITE; ZINC;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GIARDIA; HOOKWORM; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; LAKE; MALAYSIA; PARASITE; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SCHISTOSOMA; TURBIDITY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERBORNE PARASITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANCYLOSTOMATOIDEA; ASCARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; SCHISTOSOMA; VERMES;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; ASCARIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; LAKES; MALAYSIA; PARASITES; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84890222410     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-013-3610-1     Document Type: Article

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