Abstract
The presence of pathogenic waterborne protozoa, Cryptosporidium spp. and Giardia spp., has been documented in Atibaia and Capivari rivers that supply the city of Campinas, SP. These rivers exhibit high degree of eutrophication. This research aims to investigate the occurrence of different species of Cryptosporidium and Giardia genotypes in samples of raw surface water from the Atibaia and…