Persistence, transmission, and virulence characteristics of Aeromonas strains in a duckweed aquaculture-based hospital sewage water recycling plant in Bangladesh

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1444-1451

  Rahman, Mokhlasur ^a,b   Huys, Geert ^c   Rahman, Motiur ^d   Albert, M John ^d,e   Kühn, Inger ^a   Möllby, Roland ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SÖDERTÖRN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^e KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CELL CULTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; GENES; SEWAGE BACTERIOLOGY; SURFACE WATERS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM (AFLP); FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER ANALYSIS; VIRULENCE; WATER RECYCLING PLANTS;

BACTERIA;

CYTOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; FATTY ACID ESTER; HEMOLYSIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AQUACULTURE METHOD; AQUATIC PLANT; BACTERIUM; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGENICITY; RECYCLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TOXICITY; TOXIN; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DIARRHEA; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FECES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HEMOLYSIS; HOSPITAL WASTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POND; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WEED;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ARECACEAE; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BANGLADESH; CHILD; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; SEWAGE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

ASIA; BANGLADESH; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA;

AEROMONAS; LEMNA;

EID: 33947277719     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01901-06     Document Type: Article

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