Detection and surveillance of waterborne protozoan parasites.
The majority of the world's population still live without access to healthy water and the contamination of drinking water with protozoan pathogens poses a serious threat to millions of people in the developing world. Even in the developed world periodic outbreaks of diarrhoeal diseases are caused by the protozoan parasites Cryptosporidium sp., Giardia duodenalis and Entamoeba histolytica. Thus, surveillance of drinking water is imperative to minimize such contaminations and ensure continuous supplies of healthy water world-wide. This article reviews the progress in technology for detection and surveillance of these important waterborne parasites.
BioMedical Research Centre, School of Medicine, Health Policy and Practice, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom.
Maha
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Bouzid
Dietmar
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Steverding
Kevin M
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Tyler
D000562:Amebiasis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D000818:Animals; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D001709:Biotechnology; D003457:Cryptosporidiosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D004738:Engineering; D056890:Eukaryota / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005873:Giardiasis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D010274:Parasitology / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014867:Water / Q000469:parasitology*; D014881:Water Supply
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