Taenia eggs in a stabilization pond system with poor hydraulics: Concern for human cysticercosis?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2698-2703

  Verbyla, Matthew E ^a   Oakley, Stewart M ^b   Lizima, Louis A ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   Iriarte, Mercedes ^c   Tejada Martinez, Andres E ^a   Mihelcic, James R ^a  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN SIMÓN   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Dye tracer study; Helminth eggs; Short circuiting; Water reuse; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

DYE TRACER STUDIES; HELMINTH EGGS; SHORT-CIRCUITING; WATER REUSE; WHO GUIDELINES;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; IRRIGATION; LAKES; SEWAGE LAGOONS; STABILIZATION PONDS; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EFFLUENTS;

RHODAMINE;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYE; EFFLUENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARASITE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; RISK FACTOR; STABILIZATION; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; CONSUMER; CYSTICERCOSIS; EFFLUENT; EGG; FLOW RATE; NEUROCYSTICERCOSIS; NONHUMAN; POND; TAENIA SOLIUM; TAENIASIS; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; BOLIVIA; CYSTICERCOSIS; CYSTICERCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84892712229     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2013.556     Document Type: Article

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