Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Africa: current and future challenges

SA Squire, U Ryan - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Cryptosporidium and Giardia are important causes of diarrhoeal illness. Adequate
knowledge of the molecular diversity and geographical distribution of these parasites and …

Wastewater-based epidemiology—surveillance and early detection of waterborne pathogens with a focus on SARS-CoV-2, Cryptosporidium and Giardia

A Zahedi, P Monis, D Deere, U Ryan - Parasitology research, 2021 - Springer
Waterborne diseases are a major global problem, resulting in high morbidity and mortality,
and massive economic costs. The ability to rapidly and reliably detect and monitor the …

Microbiological contaminants in drinking water: Current status and challenges

RA Kristanti, T Hadibarata, M Syafrudin… - Water, Air, & Soil …, 2022 - Springer
Water is a vital resource to every living thing on the earth. Once the water is contaminated
(physically, chemically, biologically, or radiologically), it brought negative impacts to the …

Sanitary and environmental aspects of sewage sludge management

A Rorat, P Courtois, F Vandenbulcke… - Industrial and Municipal …, 2019 - Elsevier
Currently, sewage sludge management is a huge challenge in the field of environmental
engineering. New effective solutions for the treatment of wastewater led to an improvement …

[HTML][HTML] Detection and quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in environmental samples: A review of current state-of-the-art and future perspectives

ID Amoah, G Singh, TA Stenström, P Reddy - Acta tropica, 2017 - Elsevier
It is estimated that over a billion people are infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STHs)
globally with majority occurring in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the molecular epidemiology of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

N Hijjawi, A Zahedi, M Al-Falah, U Ryan - Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2022 - Elsevier
Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia duodenalis are important protozoan parasites which are
associated with diarrheal diseases in humans and animals worldwide. Relatively little is …

Detection of Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. in Environmental Water Samples: A Journey into the Past and New Perspectives

MS Fradette, AI Culley, SJ Charette - Microorganisms, 2022 - mdpi.com
Among the major issues linked with producing safe water for consumption is the presence of
the parasitic protozoa Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp. Since they are both …

Neglected waterborne parasitic protozoa and their detection in water

J Plutzer, P Karanis - Water research, 2016 - Elsevier
Outbreak incidents raise the question of whether the less frequent aetiological agents of
outbreaks are really less frequent in water. Alternatively, waterborne transmission could be …

Methods for quantification of soil-transmitted helminths in environmental media: current techniques and recent advances

PA Collender, AE Kirby, DG Addiss, MC Freeman… - Trends in …, 2015 - cell.com
Limiting the environmental transmission of soil-transmitted helminths (STHs), which infect
1.5 billion people worldwide, will require sensitive, reliable, and cost-effective methods to …

Cryptosporidium and Giardia in Wastewater and Surface Water Environments

KA Hamilton, M Waso, B Reyneke… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cryptosporidium and Giardia spp. are significant contributors to the global waterborne
disease burden. Waterways used as sources of drinking water and for recreational activity …