Evaluating sewage-associated JCV and BKV polyomaviruses for sourcing human fecal pollution in a coastal river in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1743-1750

  Ahmed, W ^a   Wan, C ^a   Goonetilleke, A ^b   Gardner, T ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WASTEWATERS; AUSTRALIA; COASTAL WATERS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FECAL POLLUTION; FECAL SAMPLES; FIELD APPLICATION; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGH SPECIFICITY; HOST GROUP; HOST-SPECIFICITY; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; JC VIRUS; MARINE WATERS; QUEENSLAND; REGULATORY GUIDELINES; SECONDARY EFFLUENT; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

ANIMALS; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVERS; SEWAGE; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BK VIRUS; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FECES; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; JC VIRUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SEASHORE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SWINE; VIRUS DETECTION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BK VIRUS; FECES; HUMANS; JC VIRUS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; QUEENSLAND; SEWAGE;

ANIMALIA; BK POLYOMAVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; JC POLYOMAVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS; SUIDAE;

EID: 77957874611     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2010.0062     Document Type: Article

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