Detection of adenoviruses and rotaviruses in drinking water sources used in rural areas of benin, west africa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2798-2801

  Verheyen, Jens ^a   Timmen Wego, Monika ^a   Laudien, Rainer ^a   Boussaad, Ibrahim ^a   Sen, Sibel ^a   Koc, Aynur ^a   Uesbeck, Alexandra ^a   Mazou, Farouk ^b   Pfister, Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b Impetus Laboratory   (Benin)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER SOURCES; DRY AND WET; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; NUMBER OF SAMPLES; RISK FACTORS; ROTAVIRUSES; SEASONAL PATTERNS; TEST SITE; VIRUS DETECTION; WEST AFRICA;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER VIRUSES; CONTAMINATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION DETECTION; PUMPS; RURAL AREAS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS; WELLS;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; WELL WATER;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DETECTION METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; DRINKING WATER; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEASONALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SURFACE WATER; VIRAL DISEASE; VIRUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCE; WELL;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BENIN; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; ROTAVIRUS; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; WATER POLLUTANT;

AFRICA; BENIN [WEST AFRICA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ROTAVIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BENIN; HUMANS; ROTAVIRUS; SEASONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 65549083312     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01807-08     Document Type: Article

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