Comparative survival of Cryptosporidium, coxsackievirus A9 and Escherichia coli in stream, brackish and sea waters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Nasser, Abid M ^a   Zaruk, N ^a   Tenenbaum, L ^a,b   Netzan, Y ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Die off; Health; Marine water; Virus

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SURFACE WATERS; TURBIDITY; VIRUSES; WATER QUALITY;

PARASITES;

SEAWATER;

RIVER WATER; SEA WATER;

DIEBACK; MICROORGANISM; SEAWATER; SURVIVAL; VIRUS; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COXSACKIE VIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; INCUBATION TIME; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAM (RIVER); SUMMER; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; VIRUS LOAD; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WINTER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COXSACKIEVIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; RNA VIRUSES;

EID: 0037217714     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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