Prevalence and occurrence of zoonotic bacterial pathogens in surface waters determined by quantitative PCR

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 4918-4928

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Sawant, S ^b   Huygens, F ^b   Goonetilleke, A ^b   Gardner, T ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fecal indicators; Fecal pollution; Health risk; Surface water; Zoonotic pathogens

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER POLLUTION; SALMONELLA; SURFACE WATERS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BRISBANE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL INDICATORS; FECAL POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SALMONELLA SPP; WATER SAMPLES; ZOONOTIC PATHOGEN;

HEALTH RISKS;

GENOMIC DNA; SURFACE WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ZOONOSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; BRISBANE; QUEENSLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA;

EID: 71549158830     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.03.041     Document Type: Article

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