Human astroviruses in raw sewage samples in Hungary

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1123-1129

  Meleg, E ^a,b   Jakab, F ^a,b   Kocsis, B ^b   Banyai K ^a,b   Melegh, B ^b   Szucs, G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Astroviruses; Guanidinium thiocyanate; Polyethylene glycol; RT PCR; Sewage

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTABLE WATER; SCREENING; SILICA; VIRUSES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

ASTROVIRUS; ENTERIC VIRUS; GUANIDINIA THIOCYANATE; GUANIDINIUM; HUNGARY; RAW SEWAGE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION-POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING PANELS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SAMPLES;

SEWAGE;

FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; VIRUS; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; GENOTYPE; HUNGARY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS SHEDDING; WATER ANALYSIS;

BARANYA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS 1;

EID: 33750072882     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02997.x     Document Type: Article

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