Occurrence and quantitative microbial risk assessment of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in soil and air samples

Occurrence and quantitative microbial risk assessment of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in soil and air samples

Background: Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts can be transmitted by the fecal–oral route and may cause gastrointestinal parasitic zoonoses. These zoonoses are common in rural zones due to the parasites being harbored in fecally contaminated soil. This study assessed the risk of illness (gia...

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Main Authors: Ana Paola Balderrama-Carmona, Pablo Gortáres-Moroyoqui, Luis Humberto Álvarez-Valencia, Luciano Castro-Espinoza, Iram Mondaca-Fernández, José de Jesús Balderas-Cortés, Cristóbal Chaidez-Quiroz, María Mercedes Meza-Montenegro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-09-01
Series:International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
Microbiological risk
Cryptosporidium
Giardia
Air
Soil
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1201971214014933

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