Detection of low levels of enteric viruses in metropolitan and airplane sewage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4401-4407

  Shieh, Y S Carol ^a,c   Baric, Ralph S ^b   Sobsey, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ARTICLE; ENTEROVIRUS; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION;

EID: 0030657908     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4401-4407.1997     Document Type: Article

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