INFECTIVE DOSE SIZE STUDIES ON CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM USING GNOTOBIOTIC LAMBS

被引:33
作者
BLEWETT, DA
WRIGHT, SE
CASEMORE, DP
BOOTH, NE
JONES, CE
机构
[1] GLAN GLWYD GEN HOSP,CRYPTOSPORIDIUM REFERENCE UNIT,PHLS,RHYL,WALES
[2] LOTHIAN REG COUNCIL,DEPT WATER & DRAINAGE,MARINE ESPLANADE,EDINBURGH,SCOTLAND
关键词
CRYPTOSPORIDIUM-PARVUM; GNOTOBIOTIC LAMBS; INFECTIVE DOSE SIZE; OOCYSTS; TRANSMISSION;
D O I
10.2166/wst.1993.0322
中图分类号
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要
Natural waterbourne transmission of cryptosporidiosis was studied by a simulation using low-level accumulative dosing. Gnotobiotic lambs were fed on a diet artificially contaminated to a predetermined level with cryptosporidium parvum oocysts and the faecal output of cysts was measured. Results indicate a minimum infectious dose as low as one oocysts.
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