Faecal contamination of a municipal drinking water distribution system in association with Campylobacter jejuni infections

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 365-376

  Pitkänen, Tarja ^a   Miettinen, Ilkka T ^a   Nakari, Ulla Maija ^a   Takkinen, Johanna ^a   Nieminen, Kalle ^b   Siitonen, Anja ^a   Kuusi, Markku ^a   Holopainen, Arja ^b   Hänninen, Marja Liisa ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Environmenal Services   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Contamination; Drinking water; Microbiological method

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RAIN; REPETITIVE DNA;

DNA; DRINKING WATER; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; MAINTENANCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; RAINWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE REPORT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FEMALE; FINLAND; FLUID INTAKE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CITIES; DRINKING; FECES; FINLAND; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53349160874     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.050     Document Type: Article

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