• DOI:10.21010/ajid.v12i2.1
Corpus ID: 51982999

DETECTION OF WATER-BORNE PARASITES IN DRINKING WATER OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ

@article{Baqer2018DETECTIONOW,
  title={DETECTION OF WATER-BORNE PARASITES IN DRINKING WATER OF BAGHDAD, IRAQ},
  author={Noor Nihad Baqer and Amel Hamzah Hammood and K. Hassan and Elaff Saffa Al-deen Hassan},
  journal={African Journal of Infectious Diseases},
  year={2018},
  volume={12},
  pages={1 - 6}
}

Noor Nihad Baqer, Amel Hamzah Hammood, +1 author Elaff Saffa Al-deen Hassan

Published 2018

Environmental Science, Medicine

African Journal of Infectious Diseases

Background: Within the past few decades, there has been an increase in the number of water-borne disease outbreaks and emergence of newly recognized waterborne parasites. Several factors which contribute to the spread of these diseases include: water, heavy rains and agricultural residues which transfer the parasites to water surface from the soil. The aim of this study was to detect the presence of parasites in the river and drinking water of Al-Wahdaa and Al-Rasheed Drinking Project and… CONTINUE READING

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