New tools for the study and direct surveillance of viral pathogens in water

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-301

  Bosch, Albert ^a   Guix, Susana ^a   Sano, Daisuke ^a   Pintó, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATORY COMPLIANCE; VIRUSES; WATER ANALYSIS;

GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS;

PATHOGENS;

CIRCOVIRIDAE; CORONAVIRUS; ENTEROVIRUS; GASTROENTERITIS; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; MASTADENOVIRUS; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; PARVOVIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOVIRUS; REVIEW; SAPOVIRUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; VIRUSES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; NOROVIRUS; POLIOVIRUS;

EID: 46549089667     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.04.006     Document Type: Review

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