Occurrence of water-borne enteric viruses in two settlements based in Eastern Chad: Analysis of hepatitis E virus, hepatitis A virus and human adenovirus in water sources

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 515-524

  Guerrero Latorre, Laura ^a,b   Carratala, Anna ^b   Rodriguez Manzano, Jesus ^b   Calgua, Byron ^b   Hundesa, Ayalkibet ^b   Girones, Rosina ^b  

^a Intermon Oxfam Humanitarian Action Program ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acute jaundice syndrome; Drinking water; Eastern Chad; HAdV; HEV; Humanitarian action

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER;

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; EXCRETION; FECAL COLIFORM; HEALTH RISK; HEPATITIS; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; HUMANITARIAN AID; INFECTIVITY; SAMPLING; SANITATION; VIRUS; WATER RESOURCE;

ACUTE JAUNDICE SYNDROME; ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DONKEY; ENTERIC VIRUS; EPIDEMIC; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES ANALYSIS; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; NONHUMAN; VIRUS EXCRETION; VIRUS GENE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CHAD; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIDAE; FECES; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAUNDICE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CHAD;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HEPATITIS E VIRUS; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS;

EID: 80054766752     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2011.126     Document Type: Article

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