Identification of human enteric pathogens in gull feces at Southwestern Lake Michigan bathing beaches

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1006-1015

  Kinzelman, Julie ^a   McLellan, Sandra L ^b   Amick, Ashley ^a   Preedit, Justine ^a   Scopel, Caitlin O ^b   Olapade, Ola ^c   Gradus, Steve ^d   Singh, Ajaib ^d   Sedmak, Gerald ^d  

^a City of Racine Health Department   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

^d City of Milwaukee Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Bathing beach; Campylobacter; Gulls; Plesiomonas; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

BATHING BEACH; CAMPYLOBACTER; GULLS; PLESIOMONAS; SALMONELLA;

BEACHES; BLOOD; COASTAL ZONES; COSMIC RAYS; HEALTH RISKS; LANDFORMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

PATHOGENS;

AGAR;

BATHING WATER; BEACH; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; HEALTH RISK; HOMINID; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WADER; WATER QUALITY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA; SWIMMING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BATHING BEACHES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHARADRIIFORMES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES; GIARDIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PLESIOMONAS; SALMONELLA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE MICHIGAN; MILWAUKEE; NORTH AMERICA; RACINE; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLUPEIDAE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EQUIDAE; GIARDIA; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS DELAWARENSIS; PLESIOMONAS; PLESIOMONAS SHIGELLOIDES; SALMONELLA;

EID: 58149174340     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W08-096     Document Type: Article

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