Removal of noro- and enteroviruses, Giardia cysts, Cryptosporidium oocysts, and fecal indicators at four secondary wastewater treatment plants in Sweden

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 828-834

  Ottoson, Jakob ^a   Hansen, A ^a   Westrell, T ^a   Johansen, K ^a   Norder, H ^a   Stenstrom T A ^a  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium oocyst; Enteroviruses; Fecal indicators; Giardia cysts; Noroviruses; Phages; Removal; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CORRELATION METHODS; PATHOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; VIRUSES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYST; ENTEROVIRUSES; FECAL INDICATORS; GIARDIA CYSTS; NOROVIRUSES;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CORRELATION METHODS; PATHOLOGY; REACTION KINETICS; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DISINFECTION; FECAL COLIFORM; VIRUS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DISINFECTION; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES; GIARDIA; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OOCYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWEDEN; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS TITRATION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROVIRUS; GIARDIA;

EID: 33645121871     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X101719     Document Type: Article

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