CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP INFECTIONS IN GREEN TURTLES, CHELONIA-MYDAS, AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF MARINE WATERBORNE OOCYSTS IN THE HAWAIIAN-ISLANDS

Authors
GRACZYK TK BALAZS GH WORK T AGUIRRE AA ELLIS DM MURAKAWA SKK MORRIS R
Citation
Tk. Graczyk et al., CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SP INFECTIONS IN GREEN TURTLES, CHELONIA-MYDAS, AS A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF MARINE WATERBORNE OOCYSTS IN THE HAWAIIAN-ISLANDS, Applied and environmental microbiology, 63(7), 1997, pp. 2925-2927
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
63
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2925 - 2927
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1997)63:7<2925:CSIIGT>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
For the first time, Cryptosporidium sp. oocysts were identified in fec al and intestinal samples from free-ranging marine turtles, Chelonia m ydas, from the Hawaiian Islands. The oocysts produced positive reactio ns with commercial test kits recommended for the detection of human-in fectious waterborne oocysts of Cryptosporidium parvum.