Detection of Bacteroidales fecal indicators and the zoonotic pathogens E. coli 0157:H7, Salmonella, and Campylobacter in river water

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1856-1862

  Walters, Sarah P ^a   Gannon, Victor P J ^b   Field, Katharine G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS; WATER QUALITY;

FECAL PATHOGENS; RUMINANT MARKER;

WATER ANALYSIS;

RIVER WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; HEALTH RISKS; PATHOGENS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CAMPYLOBACTER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SALMONELLA; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

ALBERTA; BACTEROIDETES; CAMPYLOBACTER; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC MARKERS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SALMONELLA; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTEROIDALES; CAMPYLOBACTER; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 33947410785     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0620989     Document Type: Article

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