Genetic diversity of human polyomavirus JCPyV in Southern California wastewater

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 533-538

  Rafique, Amana ^a   Jiang, Sunny C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; JC polyomavirus; PCR; Source identification

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JC VIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CITIES; DNA, VIRAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE;

EID: 59449110715     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.067     Document Type: Article

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