Rita Maher Kelada <br/><br/>
Experimental study on the use of cobalt-60 irradiation in the inactivation of giardia lamblia cysts /  
 دراسة تجريبية فى استخدام الكوبلت المشع فى تثبيط حويصلات طفيل الجيارديا 
Rita Maher Kelada ; Supervised Soad Abdelsalam Elrifaey , Amira Hassan Elnamaky , Eman Yassien Shoeib 
 - Cairo :   Rita Maher Kelada ,   2012 
 - 117 P. :   facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine. - Department of Parasitology 
<br/><br/> Giardia lamblia is a major cause of diarrheal disease all over the world. It is transmitted via the oral route in the cyst stage which is very resistant to disinfectants commonly used in drinking-water treatment. The present work was designed to assess the ability of radioactive cobalt to inactivate G. lamblia cysts thus they would not be infective to BALB/c mice. One hundred and twenty mice were used and divided into four groups 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Cobalt-60 G. lamblia Parasep