Estimating true human and animal host source contribution in quantitative microbial source tracking using the Monte Carlo method

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4760-4775

  Wang, Dan ^a   Silkie, Sarah S ^b   Nelson, Kara L ^b   Wuertz, Stefan ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Microbial source tracking (MST); Monte Carlo method; Quantitative PCR (qPCR)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTEROIDALES; DISTRIBUTIONS OF PROBABILITIES; FALSE POSITIVE AND FALSE NEGATIVES; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE PCR; STATISTICAL CHARACTERISTICS; TOTAL MAXIMUM DAILY LOAD;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

BIOASSAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; MICROORGANISM; MODEL TEST; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FECES; GENETIC MARKER; HOST; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT ERROR; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATERSHED;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDALES;

EID: 77957019131     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.076     Document Type: Article

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