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The sanitary condition of rural drinking water in a Nile Delta village. I. Parasitological assessment of ‘zir’ stored and direct tap water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2010

Amal E. M. Khairy ,
Olfat El Sebaie ,
Aleya Abdel Gawad  and
Laila El Attar
Amal E. M. Khairy
Affiliation:
Departments of Rural Health, Sanitary Chemistry and Microbiology, High Institute of Public Health, University of Alexandria
Olfat El Sebaie
Affiliation:
Departments of Rural Health, Sanitary Chemistry and Microbiology, High Institute of Public Health, University of Alexandria
Aleya Abdel Gawad
Affiliation:
Departments of Rural Health, Sanitary Chemistry and Microbiology, High Institute of Public Health, University of Alexandria
Laila El Attar
Affiliation:
Departments of Rural Health, Sanitary Chemistry and Microbiology, High Institute of Public Health, University of Alexandria
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Drinking water is a recognized mode of transmission of various parasitic and bacterial infections and high prevalence rates of water-borne infection have been found during past studies in rural areas of the Nile Delta (Farag et al. 1979; Khairy. Barakat & Omar, 1978).

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 88 , Issue 1 , February 1982 , pp. 57 - 61
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1982

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