Disinfection resistance of waterborne pathogens on the United States Environmental Protection Agency's Contaminant Candidate List (CCL)

Journal of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 81-94

  Gerba, Charles P ^a   Nwachuku, Nena ^b   Riley, Kelley R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Calicivirus; Contaminant Candidate List; Disinfection; Drinking water; Encephalitozoon intestinalis; Mycobacterium

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PATHOLOGY; POTABLE WATER; VIRUSES;

DISINFECTION RESISTANCE;

WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALICIVIRIDAE; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; MICROSPORIDIA; MICROSPORIDIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

EID: 0242585030     PISSN: 00037214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/aqua.2003.0009     Document Type: Review

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