Detection of enteroviruses in untreated and treated drinking water supplies in South Africa

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2253-2258

  Ehlers, M M ^a   Grabow, W O K ^a   Pavlov, D N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dam spring; Enteroviruses; Potential health risk; Recovery; River; Sewage; Treated drinking water

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BOREHOLES; COLIFORM BACTERIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISKS; RIVERS; RNA; VIRUSES; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ELUTION; ENTEROVIRUSES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SUPPLY; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT ORGANISMS;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; VIRUS RNA;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ELUTION; ENTEROVIRUS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SPRING; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ENTEROVIRUS B;

EID: 20544452526     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.04.014     Document Type: Article

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