Evaluation of human enteric viruses in surface water and drinking water resources in southern Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-29

  Gibson, Kristen E ^a   Opryszko, Melissa C ^b   Schissler, James T ^b   Guo, Yayi ^b   Schwab, Kellogg J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GHANA; HOLLOW FIBER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; POLYOMA VIRUS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER SUPPLY; BK VIRUS; CHEMISTRY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROVIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD;

ADENOVIRIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOROVIRUS; POLYOMAVIRUS;

ADENOVIRUSES, HUMAN; BK VIRUS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROVIRUS; GHANA; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79952255273     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2011.10-0389     Document Type: Article

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