Survival of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis in human urine

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1075-1080

  Vinnerås, Björn ^a,b   Bölske, Göran ^b   Wahlström, Helene ^b   Albihn, Ann ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ammonia sanitization; Human urine; Hygiene; M. bovis; M. tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

HUMAN URINE; HYGIENE; M. BOVIS; M. TUBERCULOSIS; SANITIZATION;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIA;

BODY FLUIDS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BACTERIUM; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HYGIENE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLURRY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TUBERCULOSIS; URINE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGRICULTURAL SLURRY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PH; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; URINE; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; TIME FACTORS; URINE;

ANIMALIA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 79955667010     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.344     Document Type: Article

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