One-year monthly monitoring of Torque teno virus (TTV) in river water in Italy

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-195

  Verani, M ^a   Casini, B ^a   Battistini, R ^a   Pizzi, F ^a   Rovini, E ^a   Carducci, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biological indicator; Human pathogens enteric viruses; River water; TTV

Indexed keywords

BIMOLECULAR TESTS; BIOLOGICAL INDICATOR; HUMAN PATHOGENS ENTERIC VIRUSES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS (TVV);

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; VIRUSES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MONITORING; PATHOLOGY; RIVER POLLUTION; VIRUSES;

BIOINDICATOR; EFFLUENT; FECES; HEALTH RISK; PATHOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; GENOTYPE; ITALY; NOROVIRUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROTAVIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PISA [TUSCANY]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TUSCANY;

ENTEROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 33749122452     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.468     Document Type: Article

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