Water for Human Consumption in Rural Areas Worldwide: A Systematic Review of the Presence of <i>Cryptosporidium</i> spp. and <i>Giardia</i> spp.
Débora Pereira da Silva,
Andressa Caroline de Sousa,
Paulo Sergio Scalize
Abstract:Reports of gastrointestinal disease outbreaks caused by pathogenic protozoans in rural areas are still small in numbers. This study has evaluated, at global level, the parasitological contamination by Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp., of water resources used as sources for human consumption in rural areas, spanning from 1994 to 2022. For such, a systematic review was conducted, following the PRISMA guidelines, applying a descriptive and statistical analysis to the data. A total of 29 eligible articles rep… Show more
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