Giardia and Cryptosporidium: Occurrence in Water Supplies

Encyclopedia of Environmental Health

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 946-954

  Karanis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Control; Cryptosporidium; Detection; Giardia lamblia; Occurrence; Protozoan; Water; Water treatment technologies; Waterborne outbreaks

Indexed keywords

EID: 85069839337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52272-6.00565-1     Document Type: Chapter

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