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Fields of interest:

• Enteric protozoan and helminthic parasites,
• Molecular epidemiology of waterborne and food-borne parasites,
• Transmission cycles of zoonotic parasites,
• Specific interest in Cryptosporidium,
• Giardia, and human-virulent microsporidia.
  

Recent publications:

T.K. Graczyk:
Is Giardia a living fossil?,
Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 21, (2005), pp. 104-107.

T.K. Graczyk, F. E. Lucy, L. Tamang and A. Miraflor:
Human enteropathogen load in activated sewage sludge and corresponding sewage sludge-end products,
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 73(6), (2007), pp. 2013-2015.

T.K. Graczyk and B. Fried:
Human waterborne trematode and protozoan infections,
Advances in Parasitology, Vol. 64, (2007), pp.112-160.

T.K. Graczyk and F. E. Lucy:
Quality of reclaimed waters; a public health need for source-tracking of wastewater-derived protozoan enteropathogens in engineered wetlands,
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Vol. 101, (2007), pp. 532-533.

T.K. Graczyk, D. Sunderland, A.M. Rule, A.J. da Silva, I.N.S. Moura, L. Tamang, A.S. Girouard, K.J. Schwab and P.N. Breysse:
Urban feral pigeons (Columba livia) as a source for air-and-waterborne contamination with Enterocytozoon bieneusi spores,
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Vol. 73(13), (2007), pp. 4357-4358.

T.K. Graczyk, D. Sunderland, L. Tamang, F.E. Lucy. and P.N. Breysse:
Bather density and levels of Cryptosporidium, Giardia, and human-virulent microsporidian spores in recreational bathing water,
Parasitology Research, Vol. 101(6), (2007), pp. 1729-1731.

T.K. Graczyk,, M. Kacprzak, E. Neczaj, L. Tamang, H. Graczyk, F.E. Lucy and A.S. Girouard:
Occurrence of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in sewage sludge and solid waste landfill leachate and quantitative comparative analysis of sanitization treatments on pathogen inactivation,
Environmental Research, Vol. 106(1), (2008), pp. 27-33.

D.B. Conn, J. Weaver, L. Tamang and T.K. Graczyk:
Synanthropic flies as vectors of Cryptosporidium and Giardia among livestock and wildlife in a multispecies agricultural complex,
Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Vol. 7(4), (2007), pp. 643-651.

T.K. Graczyk, A.C. Majewska and K.J. Schwab:
The role of aquatic birds in dissemination of human waterborne enteropathogens,
Trends in Parasitology, Vol. 24(2), (2008), pp. 55-59.

T.K. Graczyk and D.B. Conn:
Molecular markers and sentinel organisms for environmental monitoring,
Parasite, Vol.15(3), (2008), pp. 458-462.