Bacteriophages are a better indicator of illness rates than bacteria amongst users of a white water course fed by a lowland river

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 165-170

  Lee, J V ^a   Dawson, S R ^a   Ward, S ^a   Surman, S B ^a   Neal, K R ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Canoeing; F specific RNA bacteriophages; Fresh water; Gastrointestinal illness; Recreational risk

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; RECREATIONAL FACILITIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SURVEYS; WATER QUALITY;

CANOEING; CLOSTRIDIA; ENTEROCOCCI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; F SPECIFIC RNA BACTERIOPHAGES; FRESH WATER; GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS; TURBIDITY;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

FRESH WATER;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRINKING; EATING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SWALLOWING; SWIMMING; TURBIDITY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030775110     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00253-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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