The enterovirus test in the assessment of recreational water-associated gastroenteritis

Water Research

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2341-2346

  Fleisher, Jay M ^a,b   Kay, David ^b   Wyer, Mark ^b   Merrett, Helen ^c  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c ACER Laboratories   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterovirus; Epidemiology; Fecal streptococci; Gastroenteritis; Microbiology; Recreational water quality; Recreational water quality standards

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOASSAY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; VIRUSES; WATER BACTERIOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES;

ENTEROVIRUS ASSAY; ENTEROVIRUS TEST; FECAL STREPTOCOCCI; GASTROENTERITIS; POLYCHOTOMOUS LOGISTIC REGRESSION; RECREATIONAL WATER;

WATER QUALITY;

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; ENTEROVIRUS; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SWIMMING; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER QUALITY; WATER STANDARD;

ENTEROVIRUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030272869     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0043-1354(96)00126-1     Document Type: Article

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