Incidence of enteric viruses in groundwater from household wells in Wisconsin

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1172-1180

  Borchardt, Mark A ^a   Bertz, Phil D ^a   Spencer, Susan K ^a   Battigelli, David A ^b,c  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^c Clancy Environmental Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; HYDROGEOLOGY; VIRUSES; WATER WELLS;

PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

CHLORIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; WELL WATER;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; VIRUS; WELL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOUSEHOLD; INCIDENCE; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UNITED STATES; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ENTEROVIRUS; FRESH WATER; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HOUSING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NORWALK VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; RNA, VIRAL; ROTAVIRUS; VIRUS CULTIVATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NARCISSUS LATENT VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; NORWALK VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0037313509     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.2.1172-1180.2003     Document Type: Article

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