Fate of the pathogen indicators phage ΦX174 and Ascaris suum eggs during the production of struvite fertilizer from source-separated urine

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 4960-4972

  Decrey, Loïc ^a,b   Udert, Kai M ^b   Tilley, Elizabeth ^b   Pecson, Brian M ^a   Kohn, Tamar ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Filter cake; Moisture content; Phage; Struvite; Urine separation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BANDPASS FILTERS; BODY FLUIDS; DRYING; FERTILIZERS; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISKS; HEAVY METALS; PATHOGENS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOURCE SEPARATION;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS EGGS; ASCARIS SUUM EGGS; END-USERS; FILTERCAKES; HUMAN URINE; PATHOGEN INDICATORS; STRUVITE FORMATION; STRUVITES; URINE SEPARATION;

MOISTURE;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; MAGNESIUM; STRUVITE;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; EGG PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; INFECTIVITY; LIGHT EFFECT; MOISTURE CONTENT; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PATHOGENICITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STRUVITE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; URINE; VIRUS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; BACTERIOPHAGE PHI X 174; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG PARASITOID; FILTRATION; HUMIDITY; IONIC STRENGTH; MOISTURE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE SURVIVAL; PH; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; STATIC ELECTRICITY; SUN EXPOSURE; THICKNESS; URINE; VIRUS CONCENTRATION; VIRUS INACTIVATION; VIRUS INFECTIVITY;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; VERMES;

EID: 80052267876     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.06.042     Document Type: Article

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