Detection of infectious astroviruses in water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1811-1813

  Pinto R M ^a   Abad, F X ^a   Gajardo, R ^a   Bosch, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; SEWAGE; SHELLFISH; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ASTROVIRIDAE;

EID: 0029974632     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1811-1813.1996     Document Type: Article

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