Torque teno virus: An improved indicator for viral pathogens in drinking waters

Virology Journal

Volumn 5, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Griffin, Jennifer S ^a   Plummer, Jeanine D ^a   Long, Sharon C ^b  

^a Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA; FRESH WATER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; DNA VIRUS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DNA VIRUSES; TORQUE TENO VIRUS;

FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PLAQUE ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 54049121398     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1743422X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1743-422X-5-112     Document Type: Article

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