Municipal wastewater effluents as a source of listerial pathogens in the aquatic milieu of the eastern cape province of South Africa: A concern of public health importance

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2376-2394

  Odjadjare, Emmanuel E O ^a   Obi, Larry C ^b   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Health environmental impact; Listeria pathogens; Receiving watershed; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ERTAPENEM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN; NITRITE; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHATE; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PRIMER DNA;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH HAZARD; LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES COMPARISON; TURBIDITY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA; LISTERIA IVANOVII;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LISTERIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77954772676     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7052376     Document Type: Article

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