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Efficacy of Commercial Cleansing Procedures in Eliminating Cryptosporidium parvum Oocysts from Bivalves
Author(s) -
FONSECA ISABEL PEREIRA DA,
RAMOS PAULA S.,
RUANO FRANCISCO A.,
DUARTE ANA P.,
COSTA JOSÉ C.,
ALMEIDA ANA. C.,
FALCÃO MARIA L.,
FAZENDEIRO MARIA I.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of eukaryotic microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.067
H-Index - 77
eISSN - 1550-7408
pISSN - 1066-5234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00170.x
Subject(s) - cryptosporidium parvum , art , humanities , biology , microbiology and biotechnology
HELLFISH is one of the most important aquaculture productsof Portugal yielding approximately 5,000tons/yr (Direcc¸a˜oGeral das Pescas, www.dg-pescas.pt, July 2006). Seafood is anexcellent natural resource which is common in the Portuguese dietand is in high demand by tourists. Some shellsh are consumedraw or undercooked. Several legal regulatory steps are in placethat control processes from production to sale to ensure consump-tion of uncontaminated live bivalves (Dia´rio da Repu´blica, Dec-reto-Lei #293/98, 18 September; Despacho extracto #18 940/2005, 2