Aquatic biomonitoring of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in peninsular Malaysia

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 445-453

  Lee, Soo Ching ^a   Ngui, Romano ^a   Tan, Tiong Kai ^a   Roslan, Muhammad Aidil ^a   Ithoi, Init ^a   Lim, Yvonne A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; River water; Riverine indigenous communities

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOMONITORING; CORRELATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PROTOZOAN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SAMPLING;

MALAYSIA;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALAYSIA; OOCYST; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; MALAYSIA; OOCYSTS; RIVERS;

EID: 84891634473     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1925-1     Document Type: Article

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