Watershed issues associated with Clostridium botulinum: A literature review

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-288

  Long, Sharon C ^a   Tauscher, Tiffany ^a,b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b Tighe and Bond   (United States)

Author keywords

Botulism; Clostridium botulinum; Watershed

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BOTULINUM ANTISERUM; BOTULINUM TOXIN; BOTULINUM TOXIN A; BOTULINUM TOXIN B; BOTULINUM TOXIN E; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DRINKING WATER; OZONE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BOTULISM; CHLORINATION; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFICACY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SAFETY; SPORE GERMINATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VACCINATION; WATER TREATMENT; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM; CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM A;

EID: 33749261083     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.516     Document Type: Review

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