One-year monthly survey of rotavirus, astrovirus and norovirus in three sewage treatment plants in Beijing, China and associated health risk assessment

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 191-198

  He, X Q ^a   Cheng, L ^a   Zhang, D Y ^a   Xie, X M ^a   Wang, D H ^b   Wang, Z ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Astrovirus; Health risk; Norovirus; Rotavirus; STP

Indexed keywords

ASTROVIRUS; BEIJING , CHINA; COLD WEATHER; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; EXPOSURE DOSE; NESTED PCR; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NOROVIRUS; POTENTIAL RISKS; REAL-TIME QUANTITATIVE RT-PCR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASES; RISK LEVELS; ROTAVIRUSES; SEWERAGE SYSTEM; STP; SYBR GREEN I; VIRAL PARTICLES; WATER SAMPLES;

COMPUTER VIRUSES; EFFLUENTS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; SILICA; VIRUSES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ACCIDENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REAL TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SILICA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; CHINA; COLD; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE; WARMING; WATER SAMPLING;

ASTROVIRIDAE; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; NOROVIRUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTAVIRUS; SEWAGE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

ASTROVIRIDAE; HUMAN ASTROVIRUS; HUMAN ROTAVIRUS A; NOROVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 79251498629     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.032     Document Type: Article

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