Abstract

Tap water samples from the toilets of an Italian national railway train were collected over a period of ten months and tested for the presence of Cyclospora cayetanensis (C. cayetanensis) using EvaGreen® Real-time polymerase chain reaction assay coupled with high-resolution melting analysis for protozoan detection and oocyst quantification. C. cayatanensis positive samples were detected in March, April, and May 2013, with the number of oocysts of 4, 5, and 11 per liter, respectively. This is the first finding of C. cayetanensis in water samples in Italy. The findings call for an improvement of hygiene and water safety by the Italian national railway company.

Autore Pugliese

• Giangaspero Annunziata

Tutti gli autori

• Giangaspero A. , Marangi M. , Arace E.

Titolo volume/Rivista

JOURNAL OF WATER AND HEALTH

Anno di pubblicazione

2015

ISSN

1477-8920

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Numero di citazioni Wos

3

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Numero di citazioni Scopus

5

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