Use of viral pathogens and indicators to differentiate between human and non-human fecal contamination in a microbial source tracking comparison study

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-207

  Noble, Rachel T ^a   Allen, Steven M ^b   Blackwood, Angelia D ^a   Chu, Weiping ^c   Jiang, Sunny C ^c   Lovelace, Greg L ^d   Sobsey, Mark D ^d   Stewart, Jill R ^b   Wait, Douglas A ^d  

^a UNC Chapel Hill Institute of Marine Sciences   (United States)

^b National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial indicators; Coliphage; Fecal; Polymerase chain reaction; Viral indicators

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIRD; CATTLE; COLIPHAGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOG; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIRDS; CATTLE; COLIPHAGES; DOGS; ENTEROVIRUS; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FECES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRUSES;

EID: 2942610631     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2003.0021     Document Type: Article

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