Prevalence and genetic diversity of Aichi viruses in wastewater and river water in Japan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2184-2187

  Kitajima, Masaaki ^a   Haramoto, Eiji ^b   Phanuwan, Chanetta ^a   Katayama, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; GENETIC DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; RIVER WATER; RIVER WATER SAMPLES;

VIRUSES; WASTEWATER;

EFFLUENTS;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EFFLUENT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; VIRUS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; KOBUVIRUS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RIVER; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, VIRAL; JAPAN; KOBUVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

JAPAN;

AICHI VIRUS;

EID: 79953203589     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02328-10     Document Type: Article

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