| Literature DB >> 15870378 |
Anne M Johnson1, Karl Linden, Kristina M Ciociola, Ricardo De Leon, Giovanni Widmer, Paul A Rochelle.
Abstract
The Cryptosporidium spp. UV disinfection studies conducted to date have used Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts. However, Cryptosporidium hominis predominates in human cryptosporidiosis infections, so there is a critical need to assess the efficacy of UV disinfection of C. hominis. This study utilized cell culture-based methods to demonstrate that C. hominis oocysts displayed similar levels of infectivity and had the same sensitivity to UV light as C. parvum. Therefore, the water industry can be confident about extrapolating C. parvum UV disinfection data to C. hominis oocysts.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 15870378 PMCID: PMC1087588 DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2800-2802.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Environ Microbiol ISSN: 0099-2240 Impact factor: 4.792