Evaluation of potential indicators of viral contamination in shellfish and their applicability to diverse geographical areas

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1556-1563

  Formiga Cruz, M ^a   Allard, A K ^b   Conden Hansson, A C ^b   Henshilwood, K ^d   Hernroth, B E ^c   Jofre, J ^a   Lees, D N ^d   Lucena, F ^a   Papapetropoulou, M ^e   Rangdale, R E ^d   Tsibouxi, A ^e   Vantarakis, A ^e   Girones, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c GÖTEBORG UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA;

VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

VIRUSES;

RNA; WATER;

SHELLFISH; VIRAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATITIS A; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PREDICTION; SHELLFISH; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BIVALVIA; COLIPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREAT BRITAIN; GREECE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; OSTREIDAE; RNA PHAGES; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; SWEDEN; VIRUSES; WATER POLLUTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INVERTEBRATA; NORWALK VIRUS; NORWALK-LIKE VIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0344406195     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1556-1563.2003     Document Type: Article

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