Water microbiology. Bacterial pathogens and water

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3657-3703

  Cabral, João P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Bacillary dysentery; Cholera; Coliforms; Drinking water; Fecal indicator bacteria; Typhoid fever

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DRINKING WATER;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GASTROENTERITIS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM INTRACELLULARE AVIUM; REVIEW; SAFETY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; TYPHOID FEVER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78649669767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7103657     Document Type: Review

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