Nationwide groundwater surveillance of noroviruses in South Korea, 2008

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1466-1474

  Lee, Sung Geun ^a   Jheong, Weon Hwa ^b   Suh, Chang Il ^a   Kim, Sang Hyun ^c   Lee, Joong Bok ^d   Jeong, Yong Seok ^e   Ko, GwangPyo ^f   Jang, Kyung Lib ^g   Lee, Gyu Cheol ^h   Paik, Soon Young ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^c Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^e Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^h Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATIVE RELATIONSHIP; FOOD POISONING; MICROBIAL PARAMETERS; NITRITE NITROGEN; NOROVIRUS DETECTIONS; NOROVIRUSES; PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; PRIMER SETS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTH KOREA; TOTAL COLIFORMS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TEMPERATURES; WATERBORNE VIRUS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHLORINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; TURBIDITY; VIRUSES; WATER CONTENT; WATER QUALITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS;

FRESH WATER; VIRUS RNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; FOOD POISONING; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SANITATION; TURBIDITY; VIRUS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NOROVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTH KOREA; TEMPERATURE; VIROLOGY;

FRESH WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NOROVIRUS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; TEMPERATURE;

SOUTH KOREA;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NOROVIRUS;

EID: 79953191500     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01996-10     Document Type: Article

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