Survival of somatic and F-RNA coliphages in treated wastewater effluents and their impact on viral quality of the receiving water bodies in the Eastern Cape Province-South Africa

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 648-654

  Momba, Maggy N B ^a   Sibewu, M ^a   Mandeya, A ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Coliphages; Effluent; Receiving water body; Survival; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; RNA;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; SOMATIC CELL; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; VIRUS SURVIVAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 70949097284     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2009.648.654     Document Type: Article

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