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Survival of Infectious Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts in Seawater and Eastern Oysters (Crassostrea virginica) in the Chesapeake Bay

Oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum placed in artificial seawater at salinities of 10, 20, and 30 ppt at 10°C and at 10 ppt at 20°C were infectious after 12 weeks. Those placed in seawater at 20 ppt and 30 ppt at 20°C were infectious for 8 and 4 weeks, respectively. These findings suggested that oocys...

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Main Authors: Fayer, Ronald, Graczyk, Thaddeus K., Lewis, Earl J., Trout, James M., Farley, C. Austin
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society for Microbiology 1998
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC106369/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9501446
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