Influence of catastrophic climatic events and human waste on Vibrio distribution in the Karnaphuli estuary, Bangladesh

EcoHealth

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 279-286

  Lara, Rubén J ^a   Neogi, Sucharit B ^b,c   Islam, Mohammad S ^c   Mahmud, Zahid H ^c   Yamasaki, Shinji ^b   Nair, Gopinath B ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Salinity; Sediment; Storms; Tropical estuaries; Turbidity; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BANGLADESH; DISASTER; HUMAN; HURRICANE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LANDSLIDE; MICROBIOLOGY; SALINITY; TSUNAMI; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANT;

BANGLADESH; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; HUMANS; LANDSLIDES; SALINITY; SEAWATER; TIDAL WAVES; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 77951023956     PISSN: 16129202     EISSN: 16129210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10393-009-0257-6     Document Type: Article

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