Occurrence of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and Cyclospora in influent and effluent water at wastewater treatment plants in Arizona

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 484, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-136

  Kitajima, Masaaki ^a   Haramoto, Eiji ^b   Iker, Brandon C ^a   Gerba, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

PCR; Phylogenetic analysis; Protozoa; Removal; SYBR Green; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOA; RECLAMATION; REMOVAL; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; FLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; INFLUENT CONCENTRATIONS; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SYBR GREEN; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; CYST; EFFLUENT; PATHOGEN; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTOZOAN; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; EFFLUENT WATER; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; INFLUENT WATER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYST; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICKLING FILTER; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOAN SPORE; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

WASTE WATER;

ARIZONA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GIARDIA; SPORES, PROTOZOAN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84897090232     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.03.036     Document Type: Article

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