Assessment of cell culture and polymerase chain reaction procedures for the detection of polioviruses in wastewater

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 77, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 973-980

  Grabow, W O K ^a   Botma, K L ^a   De Villiers, J C ^a   Clay, C G ^a   Erasmus, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental monitoring; Evaluation studies, polioviruses, isolation and purification; Polymerase chain reaction; Sewage analysis; Water microbiology; Water pollution analysis

Indexed keywords

HEALTH MONITORING; VIRAL DISEASE; WASTEWATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KIDNEY CELL; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REOVIRUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VACCINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WASTE WATER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION STUDIES; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MICE; POLIOMYELITIS; POLIOVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS VACCINE, INACTIVATED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033381435     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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