Waterborne pathogens in urban watersheds

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-162

  Arnone, Russell D ^a   Walling, Joyce Perdek ^b  

^a USEPA Region 2   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Clean Water Act; Pathogen; Protozoa; Virus

Indexed keywords

WATER;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; WATER RESOURCE; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; ASEPTIC MENINGITIS; ASTROVIRUS; CALICIVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHOLERA; COXSACKIE VIRUS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; CYCLOSPORA; ECHO VIRUS; ENCEPHALITIS VIRUS; ENTAMOEBA HISTOLYTICA; ENTEROVIRUS; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; FLOODING; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HEPATITIS A; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; LAKE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; LEPTOSPIRA INTERROGANS; LEPTOSPIROSIS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; NORWALK GASTROENTERITIS VIRUS; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; POND; REOVIRUS; RESERVOIR; RIVER; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SALMONELLOSIS; SAPPORO VIRUS; SCHISTOSOMA; SEASHORE; SEWAGE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED STATES; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; URBAN AREA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATERSHED; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; PROTOZOAN INFECTIONS; URBAN POPULATION; VIRUS DISEASES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTOZOA;

EID: 33947221879     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2006.001     Document Type: Article

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