Quantitative assessment of the inactivation of pathogenic and indicator viruses in natural water sources

Water Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1748-1752

  Nasser, Abid M ^a   Oman, Samuel D ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

E. coli; F+ bacteriophages; Groundwater; HAV; Inactivation; Indicator; Microbial contamination; Poliovirus 1; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; POTABLE WATER; THERMAL EFFECTS; WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

PATHOGENS;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS 1; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VIRUS INACTIVATION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN POLIOVIRUS 1; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS 1; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033000796     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(98)00380-7     Document Type: Article

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