Elimination of botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) type B from drinking water by small-scale (personal-use) water purification devices and detection of BoNT in water samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1941-1945

  Hörman, Ari ^a,b   Nevas, Mari ^a   Lindström, Miia ^a   Hänninen, Marja Liisa ^a   Korkeala, Hannu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Medical School   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; ENZYMES; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); MEMBRANES; POTABLE WATER; PURIFICATION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BOTULINUM NEUROTOXIN (BONT); CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA;

BOTULINUM TOXIN B; DRINKING WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DRINKING WATER PURIFICATION DEVICES; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FILTRATION; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BOTULISM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FILTRATION; MICE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 17444415367     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.4.1941-1945.2005     Document Type: Article

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