Prevalence of protozoa, viruses, coliphages and indicator bacteria in groundwater and river water in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 711-716

  Haramoto, Eiji ^a   Yamada, Kaoru ^a   Nishida, Kei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Faecal contamination; Groundwater; Protozoa; Public health; River water; Virus

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; RIVER WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIPHAGE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; GIARDIA; HUMAN; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PREVALENCE; PROTOZOON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PHAGE; VIRUS; VIRUS DETECTION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; COLIPHAGES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; NEPAL; OOCYSTS; PREVALENCE; RIVERS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; HUMAN ADENOVIRUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 81055155798     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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