Seasonal occurrence of vibrios in water and shellfish obtained from the Great Kwa River estuary, Calabar, Nigeria

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 245-248

  Eja, M E ^a   Abriba, C ^a   Etok, C A ^b   Ikpeme, E M ^c   Arikpo, G E ^c   Enyi Idoh, K H ^c   Ofor, U A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^c CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Seasonal variability; Vibrio species

Indexed keywords

ALGINOLYTICUS; HIGH RATES; NIGERIA; RIVER ESTUARY; SEASONAL VARIABILITY; V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO SPECIES;

ESTUARIES; HEALTH;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; NIGERIA; RIVERS; SEASONS; SHELLFISH; VIBRIO;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 49349095773     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9482-x     Document Type: Article

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