A simple filtration method to remove plankton-associated Vibrio cholerae in raw water supplies in developing countries

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2508-2512

  Huq, A ^a   Xu, B ^a   Chowdhury, M A R ^a,c   Islam, M S ^b   Montilla, R ^a,d   Colwell, R R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c Oakland Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INFECTION PREVENTION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER TREATMENT;

CHOLERA VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0029937317     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.7.2508-2512.1996     Document Type: Article

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