Monitoring of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Czech drinking water sources.
In Czech raw water sources for drinking water supply, Cryptosporidium was found in numbers from 0 to 7400 per 100 liters and Giardia from 0 to 485 per 100 liters. The summer floods of 1997 probably brought the highest numbers of Cryptosporidium oocysts into one of the reservoirs sampled; since then these numbers decreased steadily. A relatively high number of Cryptosporidium oocysts was found in one sample of treated water. Repeated sampling demonstrated that this was a sporadic event. The reason for the presence of Cryptosporidium in a sample of treated drinking-water is unclear and requires further study.
Dolejs
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Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Ceské Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Ditrich
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Machula
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Kalousková
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Puzová
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D000818:Animals; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000635:transmission; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D018153:Czech Republic; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D010270:Parasite Egg Count; D012307:Risk Factors; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply