Identifying human and livestock sources of fecal contamination in Kenya with host-specific Bacteroidales assays

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4956-4966

  Jenkins, Marion W ^a   Tiwari, Sangam ^a   Lorente, Mario ^b   Gichaba, Charles Maina ^c   Wuertz, Stefan ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EGERTON UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Cryptosporidium spp; Fecal pollution; Kenya; Microbial source tracking; Quantitative PCR; River Njoro

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CONTAMINATION; HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; RNA; SEWAGE; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WATERSHEDS;

BACTEROIDALES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM SPP; FECAL POLLUTION; KENYA; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; QUANTITATIVE PCR;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER; RNA 16S;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; DNA; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LIVESTOCK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDALES; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; DONKEY; FECES MICROFLORA; GENETIC MARKER; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; KENYA; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; NJORO RIVER; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDETES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 71549121652     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.07.028     Document Type: Article

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