High prevalence of enteric viruses in untreated individual drinking water sources and surface water in Slovenia

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 392-398

  Steyer, Andrej ^a   Torkar, Karmen Godič ^b   Gutiérrez Aguirre, Ion ^c   Poljšak Prijatelj, Mateja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b Faculty of Health Sciences   (Slovenia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Concentration; Enteric viruses; Foodborne viruses; Groundwater; Membrane filtration

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; FRESH WATER; GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GASTROENTERITIS; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUS; SLOVENIA; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FRESH WATER; GASTROENTERITIS; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA VIRUSES; SLOVENIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

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

EID: 80051788361     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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