title: Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts in membrane-filtered municipal wastewater used for irrigation.
abstract: A wastewater tertiary treatment system based on membrane ultrafiltration and fed with secondary-treated municipal wastewater was evaluated for its Giardia cyst and Cryptosporidium oocyst removal efficiency. Giardia duodenalis (assemblages A and B) and Cryptosporidium parvum were identified in feed water but were found in filtered water only during occasional failure of the filtration system.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze delle Produzioni Vegetali, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lonigro
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pollice
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spinelli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Berrilli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Cave
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: D'Orazi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cavallo
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Brandonisio
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000818:Animals; D002947:Cities; D003458:Cryptosporidium / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000469:parasitology*; D005872:Giardia / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008851:Micropore Filters; D033661:Oocysts / Q000254:growth & development; D014462:Ultrafiltration / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D008567:Membranes, Artificial