Microbiological implications of periurban agriculture and water reuse in Mexico City

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Mazari Hiriart, Marisa ^a   Ponce de León, Sergio ^b   López Vidal, Yolanda ^c   Islas Macías, Pilar ^a   Amieva Fernández, Rosa Isabel ^c   Quiñones Falconi, Francisco ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CARBON; CHLORINE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; TRIHALOMETHANE; PRIMER DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EFFLUENT; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); KLEBSIELLA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSEUDOMONAS; RANDOMIZATION; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TEMPERATURE; WETLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGRICULTURE; HEALTH; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; KLEBSIELLA; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; VIBRIO;

AGRICULTURE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; MEXICO; URBAN HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 48449085561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002305     Document Type: Article

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