Epidemiological surveillance of human enteric viruses by monitoring of differnet environmental matrices

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 239-244

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Enterovirus; Epidemiological surveillance; Norovirus; Rotavirus; Water

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEILLANCE; HUMAN ENTERIC VIRUS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUSES;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

RIVER WATER; SEA WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GASTROENTEROLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUSES; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FECAL COLIFORM; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIRUS;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FECES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

EID: 33749135013     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.475     Document Type: Article

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