Abundance of pathogenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium and vibrio cholerae in Nkonkobe drinking water sources

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 289-296

  Momba, Maggy N B ^a   Malakate, Veronica K ^b   Theron, Jacques ^c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Ground water; Pathogenic bacteria; PCR; Rural community; Surface water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; PROTEIN EPSM; PROTEIN UIDA; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DRINKING WATER; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 33749252345     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.011     Document Type: Article

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