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 caus...

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Published inCurrent opinion in biotechnology Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 302 - 306
Main Authors Bouzid, Maha, Steverding, Dietmar, Tyler, Kevin M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2008
Subjects
Amebiasis - prevention & control
Amebiasis - transmission
Animals
Biosensing Techniques
Biotechnology
Cryptosporidiosis - prevention & control
Cryptosporidiosis - transmission
Cryptosporidium
Engineering
Entamoeba histolytica
Eukaryota - genetics
Eukaryota - isolation & purification
Eukaryota - pathogenicity
Giardia duodenalis
Giardiasis - prevention & control
Giardiasis - transmission
Humans
Internal Medicine
Mass Spectrometry
Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
Parasitology - methods
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Water - parasitology
Water Supply
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Summary: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.
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ISSN:0958-1669
1879-0429
DOI:10.1016/j.copbio.2008.05.002