Human enteric viruses in groundwater from a confined bedrock aquifer

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6606-6612

  Borchardt, Mark A ^a   Bradbury, Kenneth R ^b   Gotkowitz, Madeline B ^b   Cherry, John A ^c   Parker, Beth L ^c  

^a MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAIN LENGTH; IMPURITIES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PATHOGENS; POROUS MATERIALS; TRITIUM;

ATMOSPHERIC TRITIUM; GROUND SURFACE; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN;

AQUIFERS;

TRITIUM OXIDE;

AQUIFERS; CHAIN LENGTH; IMPURITIES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; PATHOGENS; POROUS MATERIALS; TRITIUM;

BEDROCK; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POROUS MEDIUM; VIRUS; WELL WATER;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; ECHO VIRUS; ENTERIC VIRUS; GEOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS CULTURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ENTEROVIRUS; FRESH WATER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

ENTEROVIRUS; HUMAN ECHOVIRUS 18;

EID: 34548787217     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071110+     Document Type: Article

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