Detection of human-derived fecal pollution in environmental waters by use of a PCR-based human polyomavirus assay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 7567-7574

  McQuaig, Shannon M ^a   Scott, Troy M ^b   Harwood, Valerie J ^c   Farrah, Samuel R ^a   Lukasik, Jerzy O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Biological Consulting Services of North Florida   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION; VIRUSES; WATER QUALITY;

BACTEROIDES HUMAN MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATERS; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; HUMAN POLYOMAVIRUSES (HPYVS);

BIOASSAY;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; VIRUS DNA;

BIOINDICATOR; DETECTION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE; HEALTH RISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY CATTLE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESP GENE; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMA VIRUS; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RNA GENE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; CATTLE; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYOMAVIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SWINE; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTEROIDES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLYOMAVIRUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33845542335     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01317-06     Document Type: Article

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